About the Authors

Charles N. Rudick

Affiliation Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Paul J. Bryce

Affiliation Division of Allergy-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Laura A. Guichelaar

Affiliation Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ruth E. Berry

Affiliation Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

David J. Klumpp

d-klumpp@northwestern.edu

Affiliations Department of Urology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Microbiology-Immunology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DK CR PB. Performed the experiments: CR LG. Analyzed the data: CR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB RB. Wrote the paper: DK CR PB.