About the Authors

Kati Seidl

Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Norma V. Solis

Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America

Arnold S. Bayer

Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Wessam Abdel Hady

Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America

Steven Ellison

Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, Department of Biology, California State University-Dominguez Hills, Carson, California, United States of America

Meredith C. Klashman

Affiliation Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America

Yan Q. Xiong

Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Scott G. Filler

sfiller@ucla.edu

Affiliations Los Angeles Biomedical Research Institute at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Torrance, California, United States of America, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

SGF is one of the founders of NovaDigm Therapeutics and serves on its scientific advisory board. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS SGF. Performed the experiments: KS NVS WAH SE MCK. Analyzed the data: KS NVS SE MCK SGF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ASB YQX SGF. Wrote the paper: KS ASB YQX SGF.