About the Authors

Courtney W. Mangus

Affiliations Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America, Howard Hughes Medical Institute, National Institute of Health Research Scholars Program, Chevy Chase, Maryland, United States of America

Paul R. Massey

Affiliation Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Daniel H. Fowler

Affiliation Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Shoba Amarnath

samarnath@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DHF SA. Performed the experiments: CWM PRM. Analyzed the data: CWM PRM. Wrote the paper: CWM DHF SA.