About the Authors

Gene-Errol E. Ringpis

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Saki Shimizu

Affiliations University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Hematology-Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hubert Arokium

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Joanna Camba-Colón

Affiliation Calimmune, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Maria V. Carroll

Affiliation Calimmune, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ruth Cortado

Affiliation University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yiming Xie

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Patrick Y. Kim

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Anna Sahakyan

Affiliation University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Emily L. Lowe

Affiliation University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Munetoshi Narukawa

Affiliation University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Fadi N. Kandarian

Affiliations Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles Broad Stem Cell Research Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bryan P. Burke

Affiliation Calimmune, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Geoff P. Symonds

Affiliation Calimmune, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Dong Sung An

Affiliations University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Hematology-Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Irvin S. Y. Chen

syuchen@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Masakazu Kamata

Affiliations University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Hematology-Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

ISYC and DSA have a financial interest in Calimmune, Inc. Calimmune is a subcontractor of the grant from CIRM. GER, ISYC, and MK are co-inventors of a provisional application for patent titled SHRNA VECTORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HIV, #US 61/647,201 (UCLA Case 2012-623-1). All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GER SS HA BPB GPS DSA ISYC MK. Performed the experiments: GER SS HA JC MVC RC YX PK AS ELL MN FNK MK. Analyzed the data: GER SS HA JC MVC BPB MK. Wrote the paper: GER ISYC MK.