About the Authors

Cristina Maria Costantino

Affiliations Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Achla Gupta

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Alice W. Yewdall

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Benjamin M. Dale

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Lakshmi A. Devi

Ben.Chen@mssm.edu (BC); Lakshmi.Devi@mssm.edu (LD)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Systems Therapeutics, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Benjamin K. Chen

Ben.Chen@mssm.edu (BC); Lakshmi.Devi@mssm.edu (LD)

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, Immunology Institute, Mount Sinai 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: CMC BKC LAD. Performed the experiments: CMC AG AWY BD. Analyzed the data: CMC AG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMC AG AWY BD. Wrote the paper: CMC BKC.