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Recurrent group A Streptococcus tonsillitis is an immunosusceptibility disease involving antibody deficiency and aberrant TFH cells
- View ORCID ProfileJennifer M. Dan1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileColin Havenar-Daughton1,3,
- Kayla Kendric1,
- Rita Al-kolla1,
- Kirti Kaushik1,
- Sandy L. Rosales1,
- Ericka L. Anderson4,5,6,
- View ORCID ProfileChristopher N. LaRock4,5,7,
- View ORCID ProfilePandurangan Vijayanand1,
- View ORCID ProfileGrégory Seumois1,
- David Layfield8,
- Ramsey I. Cutress8,
- View ORCID ProfileChristian H. Ottensmeier8,
- View ORCID ProfileCecilia S. Lindestam Arlehamn1,
- View ORCID ProfileAlessandro Sette1,2,
- View ORCID ProfileVictor Nizet4,5,
- View ORCID ProfileMarcella Bothwell9,10,11,
- View ORCID ProfileMatthew Brigger9,10,11 and
- View ORCID ProfileShane Crotty1,2,3,*
- 1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
- 2Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
- 3Scripps Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
- 4Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
- 5Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
- 6Human Longevity Inc., San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
- 7Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
- 8Cancer Sciences Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK.
- 9Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.
- 10Department of Surgery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
- 11Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA 92134, USA.
- ↵*Corresponding author. Email: shane{at}lji.org
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Science Translational Medicine 06 Feb 2019:
Vol. 11, Issue 478, eaau3776
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aau3776
Vol. 11, Issue 478, eaau3776
DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aau3776
Jennifer M. Dan
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
2Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Colin Havenar-Daughton
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
3Scripps Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Kayla Kendric
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Rita Al-kolla
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Kirti Kaushik
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Sandy L. Rosales
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Ericka L. Anderson
4Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
5Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
6Human Longevity Inc., San Diego, CA 92121, USA.
Christopher N. LaRock
4Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
5Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
7Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Emory School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30322, USA.
Pandurangan Vijayanand
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Grégory Seumois
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
David Layfield
8Cancer Sciences Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK.
Ramsey I. Cutress
8Cancer Sciences Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK.
Christian H. Ottensmeier
8Cancer Sciences Division, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton, UK.
Cecilia S. Lindestam Arlehamn
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Alessandro Sette
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
2Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Victor Nizet
4Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
5Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Marcella Bothwell
9Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.
10Department of Surgery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
11Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA 92134, USA.
Matthew Brigger
9Division of Pediatric Otolaryngology, Rady Children’s Hospital, San Diego, CA 92123, USA.
10Department of Surgery, UCSD, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
11Department of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, Naval Medical Center San Diego, San Diego, CA 92134, USA.
Shane Crotty
1Division of Vaccine Discovery, La Jolla Institute for Immunology (LJI), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
2Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, University of California, San Diego (UCSD), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
3Scripps Center for HIV/AIDS Vaccine Immunology and Immunogen Discovery (CHAVI-ID), La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
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