About the Authors

Lyse A. Norian

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Timothy P. Kresowik

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Henry M. Rosevear

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Britnie R. James

Affiliation Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Timothy R. Rosean

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Andrew J. Lightfoot

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Tamara A. Kucaba

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Christopher Schwarz

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Christine J. Weydert

Affiliation Department of Physiology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America,

Michael D. Henry

Affiliation Department of Physiology, The University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America,

Thomas S. Griffith

tgriffit@umn.edu

Affiliations Microbiology, Immunology, and Cancer Biology Program, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Urology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAN TPK TRR TSG. Performed the experiments: LAN TPK HMR AJL TAK TRR BRJ CS CJW. Analyzed the data: LAN TRR CJW MDH TSG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJW MDH. Wrote the paper: LAN TPK TSG.