About the Authors

Yoshiharu Yamaichi

Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Matthew A. Gerding

Affiliations Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Brigid M. Davis

Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Matthew K. Waldor

mwaldor@rics.bwh.harvard.edu

Affiliations Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY MKW. Performed the experiments: YY MAG. Analyzed the data: YY MAG BMD MKW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YY MAG. Wrote the paper: YY BMD MKW.