About the Authors

Mithun Khattar

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Yoshihiro Miyahara

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Paul M. Schroder

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Aini Xie

Affiliation Transplant Immunology Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Wenhao Chen

Stanislaw.Stepkowski@utoledo.edu (SS); wchen@HoustonMethodist.org (WC)

Affiliation Transplant Immunology Center, Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Stanislaw M. Stepkowski

Stanislaw.Stepkowski@utoledo.edu (SS); wchen@HoustonMethodist.org (WC)

Affiliation Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, University of Toledo College of Medicine, Toledo, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK YM WC SS. Performed the experiments: MK PS AX. Analyzed the data: MK YM WC. Wrote the paper: MK WC SS.