About the Authors

Xiaoyun Wen

Current address: Department of Pediatrics, Emory University, Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Laurieann Casey Klockow

Current address: Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States of America

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Michael Nekorchuk

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Hamayun J. Sharifi

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Carlos M. C. de Noronha

deNoroC@mail.AMC.edu

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Microbial Disease, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW LCK MN HJS CMCN. Performed the experiments: XW LCK MN HJS CMCN. Analyzed the data: XW LCK MN HJS CMCN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XW LCK MN HJS CMCN. Wrote the paper: XW LCK CMCN.