About the Authors

Nan Deng

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jason M. Weaver

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Tim R. Mosmann

Tim_Mosmann@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ND JMW TRM. Performed the experiments: ND. Analyzed the data: ND TRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ND JMW TRM. Wrote the paper: ND TRM JMW.