About the Authors

Samir Benosman

Contributed equally to this work with: Samir Benosman, Palaniyandi Ravanan

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Palaniyandi Ravanan

Contributed equally to this work with: Samir Benosman, Palaniyandi Ravanan

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Ricardo G. Correa

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Ying-Chen Hou

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Minjia Yu

Affiliation The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute (NB30), Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Muhammet Fatih Gulen

Affiliation The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute (NB30), Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Xiaoxia Li

Affiliation The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Department of Immunology, Lerner Research Institute (NB30), Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

James Thomas

Affiliation University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Michael Cuddy

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Yasuko Matsuzawa

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Renata Sano

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Paul Diaz

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Shu-ichi Matsuzawa

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

John C. Reed

reedoffice@sanfordburnham.org

Affiliation Sanford-Burnham Medical Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR SB RGC Y-CH MY MFG XL RS SM JCR. Performed the experiments: PR SB RGC Y-CH MY MFG MC YM RS. Analyzed the data: PR SB RGC Y-CH XL MC YM RS PD SM JCR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XL JT. Wrote the paper: SB SM JCR.