About the Authors

Kaan E. Biron

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Dara L. Dickstein

Affiliation Fishberg Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Rayshad Gopaul

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Wilfred A. Jefferies

wilf@brc.ubc.ca

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, The Biomedical Research Centre, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Michael Smith Laboratories, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KEB WAJ. Performed the experiments: KEB. Analyzed the data: KEB WAJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG. Wrote the paper: KEB DLD WAJ.