About the Authors

Yilin Qi

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Darwin J. Operario

Current address: University of Virginia Health System, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States of America

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Steve N. Georas

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Tim R. Mosmann

Tim_Mosmann@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YQ DJO SNG TRM. Performed the experiments: YG DJO. Analyzed the data: YQ SNG TRM. Wrote the paper: YQ DJO SNG TRM.