About the Authors

Douglas E. Burger

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratories, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massaschusetts, United States of America

Limei Wang

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratories, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massaschusetts, United States of America

Liqin Ban

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratories, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massaschusetts, United States of America

Yoshiaki Okubo

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratories, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massaschusetts, United States of America

Willem M. Kühtreiber

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratories, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massaschusetts, United States of America

Ashley K. Leichliter

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratories, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massaschusetts, United States of America

Denise L. Faustman

faustman@helix.mgh.harvard.edu

Affiliation Immunobiology Laboratories, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massaschusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DEB LW LB YO DLF. Performed the experiments: DEB LW LB YO. Analyzed the data: WMK AKL DLF. Wrote the paper: DLF WMK.