About the Authors

Rebecca L. Schmidt

Affiliation Integrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Laurel L. Lenz

LenzL@njhealth.org

Affiliations Integrated Department of Immunology, National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Departments of Immunology and Microbiology, University of Colorado - Denver School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Lenz is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RLS LLL. Performed the experiments: RLS. Analyzed the data: RLS LLL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RLS LLL. Wrote the paper: RLS LLL.