About the Authors
- Cristina M. Tato
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Affiliations Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America, Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Barbara Joyce-Shaikh
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Antara Banerjee
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Yi Chen
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Manjiri Sathe
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Sarah E. Ewald
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Man-Ru Liu
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Daniel Gorman
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Terrill K. McClanahan
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Joseph H. Phillips
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Paul G. Heyworth
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Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Daniel J. Cua
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* E-mail: daniel.cua@spcorp.com
Affiliation Merck Research Laboratories, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors are empolyed by Schering Plough, now part of Merck and CO. No products in development or marketed products are to declare. The studies were funded by Schering Plough and this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CMT AB DJC. Performed the experiments: CMT AB DJC YC BJS MRL MS SEE. Analyzed the data: CMT DJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHP PGH TKM DG SEE. Wrote the paper: CMT DJC.