An IL-1, IL-17, and IL-22 cytokine circuit controls vulvovaginal candidiasis independently of estrogen

• Bianca M. Coleman ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bianca M. Coleman, Melissa E. Cook, Brian M. Peters, Sarah L. Gaffen

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Melissa E. Cook ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bianca M. Coleman, Melissa E. Cook, Brian M. Peters, Sarah L. Gaffen

  Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Md. Robin Khan,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Amanda K. Vogel,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Integrated Program in Biomedical Sciences, College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis Tennessee, United States of America

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• Anthony J. Wells,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Jian Miao,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Graduate Program in Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Shachi P. Vyas,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Tiffany C. Taylor,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Felix E.Y. Aggor,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Nicole O. Ponde,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Ipsita Dey,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Henry Zou,

  Roles Investigation

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Eldin Jašarević,

  Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Computational and Systems Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Magee-Womens Research Institute, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

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• Brian M. Peters ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bianca M. Coleman, Melissa E. Cook, Brian M. Peters, Sarah L. Gaffen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Sarah.gaffen@pitt.edu (SLG); brian.peters@uthsc.edu (BMP)

  Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Translational Science, College of Pharmacy, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America

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• Sarah L. Gaffen

  Contributed equally to this work with: Bianca M. Coleman, Melissa E. Cook, Brian M. Peters, Sarah L. Gaffen

  Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Sarah.gaffen@pitt.edu (SLG); brian.peters@uthsc.edu (BMP)

  Affiliation Division of Rheumatology & Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

  https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8511-2041

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