About the Authors

Jae Hyang Lim

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Hirofumi Jono

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Tomoaki Koga

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Chang-Hoon Woo

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Hajime Ishinaga

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Patricia Bourne

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Haodong Xu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Un-Hwan Ha

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Haidong Xu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jian-Dong Li

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Jian-Dong_Li@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology 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: J-DL JHL. Performed the experiments: JHL HJ TK HI UH HX CW PB HX. Analyzed the data: JHL HJ TK HI UH HX CW PB HX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J-DL. Wrote the paper: J-DL JHL.