About the Authors

Ang Li

Affiliation Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART), Singapore, Singapore

Tong Seng Lim

Affiliation Singapore Immunology Network (SIgN), Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore

Hui Shi

Affiliation Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research & Technology (SMART), Singapore, Singapore

Jing Yin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Swee Jin Tan

Affiliation NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Zhengjun Li

Affiliation Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Boon Chuan Low

Affiliations Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Department of Biological Sciences, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Kevin Shyong Wei Tan

mictank@nus.edu.sg (KSWT); ctlim@nus.edu.sg (CTL)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Infectious Disease Program, Life Sciences Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Chwee Teck Lim

mictank@nus.edu.sg (KSWT); ctlim@nus.edu.sg (CTL)

Affiliations Division of Bioengineering and Department of Mechanical Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, NUS Graduate School for Integrative Sciences and Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore, Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AL KSWT CTL. Performed the experiments: AL. Analyzed the data: AL TSL CTL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL HS JY SJT ZL BCL CTL. Wrote the paper: AL CTL.