About the Authors

Patricia L. Lugar

patricia.lugar@duke.edu

Current address: Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, Autoimmunity Branch, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Cassandra Love

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Amrie C. Grammer

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, Autoimmunity Branch, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Sandeep S. Dave

Affiliation Institute for Genome Sciences and Policy, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Peter E. Lipsky

Affiliation National Institutes of Health, Autoimmunity Branch, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PLL ACG PEL. Performed the experiments: PLL. Analyzed the data: PLL CL SSD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACG SSD PEL. Wrote the paper: PLL.