About the Authors
- Gene-Errol E. Ringpis
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Saki Shimizu
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Affiliations University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Hematology-Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Hubert Arokium
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Joanna Camba-Colón
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Affiliation Calimmune, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Maria V. Carroll
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Affiliation Calimmune, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Ruth Cortado
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Affiliation University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Yiming Xie
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Patrick Y. Kim
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Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Anna Sahakyan
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Affiliation University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Emily L. Lowe
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Affiliation University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Munetoshi Narukawa
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Affiliation University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Fadi N. Kandarian
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Affiliations Department of Biology, California State University Northridge, Northridge, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles Broad Stem Cell Research Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Bryan P. Burke
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Affiliation Calimmune, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Geoff P. Symonds
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Affiliation Calimmune, Inc., Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Dong Sung An
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Affiliations University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Hematology-Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles School of Nursing, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Irvin S. Y. Chen
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* E-mail: syuchen@mednet.ucla.edu
Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Masakazu Kamata
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Affiliations University of California Los Angeles AIDS Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Division of Hematology-Oncology, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
ISYC and DSA have a financial interest in Calimmune, Inc. Calimmune is a subcontractor of the grant from CIRM. GER, ISYC, and MK are co-inventors of a provisional application for patent titled SHRNA VECTORS FOR THE TREATMENT OF HIV, #US 61/647,201 (UCLA Case 2012-623-1). All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GER SS HA BPB GPS DSA ISYC MK. Performed the experiments: GER SS HA JC MVC RC YX PK AS ELL MN FNK MK. Analyzed the data: GER SS HA JC MVC BPB MK. Wrote the paper: GER ISYC MK.