MRS participated in its design, carried out the animal experiments, removed the tissues, extracted the RNA, performed suppression subtractive hybridizations, and performed sequence alignments; HLH participated in the design of the study regarding SSHs and target validation; CS treated the animals with BCG; CAD was responsible for the animal husbandry; MLL consulted RS regarding HLA, NADPH, and helped drafting the manuscript; MAI participated in the experimental design and helped drafting this manuscript; MAO consulted RS regarding clinical implications of BCG treatment, data interpretation, and helped drafting the manuscript; W-RW consulted RS regarding uroplakins, data interpretation, and helped drafting the manuscript.
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