About the Authors

Mary Kaileh

Affiliation Gene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Estefania Vazquez

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Alexander W. MacFarlane IV

Affiliation Fox Chase Cancer Center, Division of Basic Science, Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kerry Campbell

Affiliation Fox Chase Cancer Center, Division of Basic Science, Institute for Cancer Research, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Tomohiro Kurosaki

Affiliation Laboratory of Lymphocyte Differentiation, WPI Immunology Frontier Research Center, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Ulrich Siebenlist

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Ranjan Sen

ranjan.sen@nih.gov

Affiliation Gene Regulation Section, Laboratory of Molecular Biology and Immunology, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK RS. Performed the experiments: MK. Analyzed the data: MK RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EV US. Wrote the paper: MK RS. Provided mice of various genotypes as mentioned in the manuscript: EV AM KC TK US.