About the Authors

Bit Na Kang

Affiliation Laboratory of Allergic Diseases and Inflammation, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Sung Gil Ha

Affiliation Laboratory of Allergic Diseases and Inflammation, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Nooshin S. Bahaie

Affiliation Laboratory of Allergic Diseases and Inflammation, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

M. Reza Hosseinkhani

Affiliation Laboratory of Allergic Diseases and Inflammation, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Xiao Na Ge

Affiliation Laboratory of Allergic Diseases and Inflammation, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Malcolm N. Blumenthal

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Savita P. Rao

Affiliation Laboratory of Allergic Diseases and Inflammation, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

P. Sriramarao

psrao@umn.edu

Affiliations Laboratory of Allergic Diseases and Inflammation, Department of Veterinary and Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPR PS. Performed the experiments: BNK SGH NSB MRH XNG. Analyzed the data: BNK SPR PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MNB. Wrote the paper: BNK SPR PS.