About the Authors

Hiroaki J. Kimura

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Cindy Y. Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shey-Cherng Tzou

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Roberto Rocchi

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Melissa A. Landek-Salgado

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Koichi Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Bioregulation, Leprosy Research Center, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan

Miho Kimura

Affiliation Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Noel R. Rose

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Patrizio Caturegli

pcat@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Department of Pathology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Feinstone Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJK NRR PC. Performed the experiments: HJK CYC SCT RR MALS KS MK. Analyzed the data: HJK PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJK CYC SCT RR MALS KS MK PC. Wrote the paper: HJK PC.