About the Authors

Anna Pei

Affiliation Washington University, College of Arts and Sciences, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Carlos W. Nossa

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Pooja Chokshi

Affiliation Tufts University College of Arts and Sciences, Medford, Massachusetts, United States of America

Martin J. Blaser

Affiliations Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs, New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, New York, United States of America

Liying Yang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

David M. Rosmarin

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Zhiheng Pei

zhiheng.pei@nyumc.org

Affiliations Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Veterans Affairs, New York Harbor Healthcare System, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AP ZP. Performed the experiments: AP CWN PC LY ZP. Analyzed the data: AP CWN PC MJB LY DR ZP. Wrote the paper: AP CWN ZP.