About the Authors

Jos Van der Velden

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Yvonne M. W. Janssen-Heininger

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

Sivanarayna Mandalapu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Erich V. Scheller

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jay K. Kolls

Affiliation RK Mellon Foundation Institute, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

John F. Alcorn

john.alcorn@chp.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of UPMC, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JVDV YMWJH JKK JFA. Performed the experiments: JVDV SM EVS JFA. Analyzed the data: JVDV YMWJH SM EVS JKK JFA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JKK. Wrote the paper: JVDV YMWJH JKK JFA.