About the Authors

Sumaira Z. Hasnain

shasnain@mmri.mater.org.au (SZH); dave.thornton@manchester.ac.uk (DJT)

Affiliations Immunity, Infection and Inflammation, Mater Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia, Manchester Immunology Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Michael A. McGuckin

Affiliation Immunity, Infection and Inflammation, Mater Medical Research Institute, Brisbane, Australia

Richard K. Grencis

Affiliation Manchester Immunology Group, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

David J. Thornton

shasnain@mmri.mater.org.au (SZH); dave.thornton@manchester.ac.uk (DJT)

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZH MAM RKG DJT. Performed the experiments: SZH. Analyzed the data: SZH. Wrote the paper: SZH. Critical revision of manuscript: MAM DJT RKG.