About the Authors

Mayte Suárez-Fariñas

Affiliations Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America, Center for Clinical and Translational Science, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Robert Arbeit

Affiliation Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Weiwen Jiang

Affiliation Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Francesca S. Ortenzio

Affiliation Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Tim Sullivan

Affiliation Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

James G. Krueger

kruegej@rockefeller.edu

Affiliation Laboratory for Investigative Dermatology, The Rockefeller University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Robert Arbeit, Weiwen Jiang and Tim Sullivan are employees of Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. James G. Krueger has fulfilled the role of advisory to Idera Pharmaceuticals, Inc. 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: JGK WJ TS RA. Performed the experiments: WJ. Analyzed the data: MSF JGK RA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS MSF JGK RA WJ. Wrote the manuscript: TS MSF FSO JGK RA WJ.