About the Authors

Yalei Wu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

James Torchia

Affiliation Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Wei Yao

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Nancy E. Lane

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California Davis, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Lewis L. Lanier

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Cancer Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Mary C. Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Medicine, VA Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Mary Beth Humphrey

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: marybeth-humphrey@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Microbiology and Immunology, VA Medical Center and University of Oklahoma Health Science Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN MH YW NL. Performed the experiments: MH YW WY. Analyzed the data: MN LL MH YW JT WY NL. Wrote the paper: MN LL MH YW.