About the Authors

Xiangbin Xu

Xiangbin_Xu@urmc.rochester.edu (XX); jdli@gsu.edu (JDL)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Rachel R. Steere

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Christine A. Fedorchuk

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jinjiang Pang

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Ji-Yun Lee

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology, Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jae Hyang Lim

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology, Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Haidong Xu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology, Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Zhixing K. Pan

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo Medical Center, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Sanjay B. Maggirwar

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jian-Dong Li

Xiangbin_Xu@urmc.rochester.edu (XX); jdli@gsu.edu (JDL)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Biology, Center for Inflammation, Immunity and Infection, Georgia State University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XX J-DL. Performed the experiments: XX RRS CAF JP JYL JHL HX. Analyzed the data: XX RRS CAF JP JYL JHL ZKP SBM J-DL. Wrote the paper: XX J-DL.