About the Authors

Sabrina M. Scroggins

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa Graduate College, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Alicia K. Olivier

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

David K. Meyerholz

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Annette J. Schlueter

annette-schlueter@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Interdisciplinary Graduate Program in Immunology, University of Iowa Graduate College, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Pathology, University of Iowa College of Medicine, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMS DKM AKO AJS. Performed the experiments: SMS DKM AKO. Analyzed the data: SMS DKM AKO AJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DKM AKO AJS. Wrote the manuscript: SMS DKM AKO AJS.