About the Authors

Hirofumi Jono

Affiliation Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jae Hyang Lim

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State Universtity, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Haidong Xu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State Universtity, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Jian-Dong Li

jdli@gsu.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology & Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Center for Inflammation, Immunity & Infection, and Department of Biology, Georgia State Universtity, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJ J-DL. Performed the experiments: HJ. Analyzed the data: HJ JHL HX. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHL HX. Wrote the paper: JHL J-DL.