About the Authors

Emma C. Reilly

Affiliation Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Graduate Program in Pathobiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Elizabeth A. Thompson

Affiliation Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Graduate Program in Pathobiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Sandrine Aspeslagh

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Jack R. Wands

Affiliation Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Graduate Program in Pathobiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Dirk Elewaut

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular Immunology and Inflammation, Department of Rheumatology, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Laurent Brossay

Laurent_Brossay@brown.edu

Affiliation Division of Biology and Medicine, Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology and Graduate Program in Pathobiology, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LB ER JW DE. Performed the experiments: ER ET SA. Analyzed the data: LB ER ET. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DE. Wrote the paper: ER LB.