About the Authors

Ryuji Iida

Affiliation Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Robert S. Welner

Affiliation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Wanke Zhao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

José Alberola-lla

Affiliation Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Kay L. Medina

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Zhizhuang Joe Zhao

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Paul W. Kincade

kincade@omrf.org

Affiliation Immunobiology and Cancer Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RI RSW JAI KLM ZJZ PWK. Performed the experiments: RI RSW WZ. Analyzed the data: RI RSW ZJZ PWK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZJZ PWK. Wrote the paper: RI RSW ZJZ PWK.