About the Authors

Hong-Xia Wang

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Laboratory Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Jinwook Shin

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Shang Wang

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, School of Laboratory Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Balachandra Gorentla

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Xingguang Lin

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, School of Laboratory Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Jimin Gao

Affiliation School of Laboratory Medicine, Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China

Yu-Rong Qiu

xiaoping.zhong@duke.edu (XPZ); qiuyuronggz@126.com (YQ)

Affiliation Laboratory Medicine Center, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

Xiao-Ping Zhong

xiaoping.zhong@duke.edu (XPZ); qiuyuronggz@126.com (YQ)

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy and Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Hematologic Malignancies and Cellular Therapies Program, Duke Cancer Institute, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HXW XPZ. Performed the experiments: HXW JS SW BG XL. Analyzed the data: HXW JS SW BG XL JG YRQ. Wrote the paper: HXW JS XPZ.