About the Authors
- Margaret M. Lowe
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Contributed equally to this work with: Margaret M. Lowe, Jeff E. Mold
Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Jeff E. Mold
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Contributed equally to this work with: Margaret M. Lowe, Jeff E. Mold
Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Bittoo Kanwar
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Affiliations Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Yong Huang
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Affiliation Drug Studies Unit, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Alexander Louie
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Affiliation Drug Studies Unit, Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
- Michael P. Pollastri
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Cuihua Wang
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Gautam Patel
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Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Northeastern University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Diana G. Franks
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Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jennifer Schlezinger
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Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- David H. Sherr
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Affiliation Department of Environmental Health, School of Public Health, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Allen E. Silverstone
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, State University of New York Upstate Medical University, Syracuse, New York, United States of America
- Mark E. Hahn
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¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Biology Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Joseph M. McCune
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* E-mail: mike.mccune@ucsf.edu
¶These authors also contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
JEM has applied for a patent regarding Use of cinnabarinic acid as a modulator of immune responses in autoimmune disorders" (patent application number 13/579,893). This patent will not alter the authors' ability to share data and materials as required by PLOS ONE policies.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MML JEM BK YH MEH DGF JS DS AES JMM. Performed the experiments: MML JEM AL CW GP MEH DGF JS. Analyzed the data: MML JEM MEH JS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MPP CW GP. Wrote the paper: MML JEM MEH JMM. Revising and editing manuscript: MML JEM BK AL YH MPP CW DGF JS DS AES MEH JMM GP.