About the Authors
- Cheryl I. Champion
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Valerie A. Kickhoefer
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Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Guangchao Liu
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Raymond J. Moniz
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Amanda S. Freed
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Liisa L. Bergmann
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Dana Vaccari
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Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Sujna Raval-Fernandes
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Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Ann M. Chan
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Affiliations Department of Ophthalmology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Jules Stein Eye Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Leonard H. Rome
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Affiliations Department of Biological Chemistry, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Kathleen A. Kelly
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* E-mail: kkelly@mednet.ucla.edu
Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, California NanoSystems Institute, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: CIC VAK LHR KAK. Performed the experiments: CIC VAK GL RJM ASF LLB DV SRF AMC KAK. Analyzed the data: CIC VAK GL RJM ASF LLB DV SRF AMC LHR KAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LHR. Wrote the paper: CIC VAK LHR KAK. Developed the MOMP-vault using the vault platform: KK CIC VK LHR. Originator of the idea of using vaults as a platform for vaccines: KK LHR. Designed the immunization protocols: KK. Responsible for designing the MOMP fused to the INT domain and producing and evaluating the recombinant vaults: VK LHR.