About the Authors

Roy J. Soberman

Contributed equally to this work with: Roy J. Soberman, Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones

Soberman@helix.mgh.harvard.edu (RJS); evelyn.kurt-jones@umassmed.edu (EAK-J)

Affiliation Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christopher R. MacKay

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Christine A. Vaine

Affiliation Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Glennice Bowen Ryan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Anna M. Cerny

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mikayla R. Thompson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Boris Nikolic

Affiliation Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Valeria Primo

Affiliation Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Peter Christmas

Affiliation Renal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul Sheiffele

Affiliation InGenious Targeting Laboratory Incorporated, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Lisa Aronov

Affiliation InGenious Targeting Laboratory Incorporated, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

David M. Knipe

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones

Contributed equally to this work with: Roy J. Soberman, Evelyn A. Kurt-Jones

Soberman@helix.mgh.harvard.edu (RJS); evelyn.kurt-jones@umassmed.edu (EAK-J)

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJS EAK-J. Performed the experiments: CRM CAV GBR AMC MRT BN VP PC. Analyzed the data: RJS CAV EAK-J. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS LA DMK. Wrote the paper: RJS CAV EAK-J.