About the Authors

Mitra Azadniv

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Microbiology and Immunology, Aab Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

William J. Bowers

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Center for Aging and Developmental Biology, Aab Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

David J. Topham

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Microbiology and Immunology, Aab Institute for Biomedical Research, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Ian N. Crispe

nick.crispe@seattlebiomed.org

Affiliation Seattle Biomedical Research Institute, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MA INC. Performed the experiments: MA. Analyzed the data: MA DJT INC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WB. Wrote the paper: MA WJB DJT INC.