About the Authors

Mariana D. Batista

maridiasbatista@gmail.com

Affiliations Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Camilla Tincati

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jeffrey M. Milush

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Emily L. Ho

Current address: Department of Neurology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Lishomwa C. Ndhlovu

Current address: Hawaii Center for AIDS, Department of Tropical Medicine, University of Hawaii, John A. Burns School Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Vanessa A. York

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Esper G. Kallas

Affiliations Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Instituto de Investigação em Imunologia, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Jorge Kalil

Affiliations Division of Clinical Immunology and Allergy, School of Medicine, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, Instituto de Investigação em Imunologia, University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil

Sheila M. Keating

Affiliations Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Philip J. Norris

Affiliations Blood Systems Research Institute, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Laboratory Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

David Chang

Affiliation California Pacific Medical Center - Davies Campus, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Patrick Unemori

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Kieron S. Leslie

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Toby Maurer

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Wilson Liao

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Douglas F. Nixon

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

Esper Kallas and Douglas Nixon are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Recruited patients and obtained samples for analyses: MB PU KL TM DC WL. Conceived and designed the experiments: JM EH LN EK JK DN. Performed the experiments: MB CT VY SK PN. Analyzed the data: MB JM LN WL EK DN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK PN DC PU KL TM. Wrote the paper: MB JM EH LN EK JK WL DN.