About the Authors

Y. Jeffrey Chiang

chiangj@mail.nih.gov

Current address: Division of Cancer Treatment and Diagnosis, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Michael J. Difilippantonio

Affiliation Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lino Tessarollo

Affiliation Center for Cancer Research, Mouse Cancer Genetics Program, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

Herbert C. Morse

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunogenetics, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Richard J. Hodes

Affiliations Experimental Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJC RJH. Performed the experiments: YJC MJD. Analyzed the data: YJC MJD HCM RJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YJC MJD LT. Wrote the paper: YJC MJD LT HCM RJH.