About the Authors

Hristina Nedelkovska

Contributed equally to this work with: Hristina Nedelkovska, Alexander F. Rosenberg, Shannon P. Hilchey

Current address: Department of Biology, State University of New York at Geneseo, Geneseo, New York, United States of America

Affiliation James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Lymphoma Biology Program, Department of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Alexander F. Rosenberg

Contributed equally to this work with: Hristina Nedelkovska, Alexander F. Rosenberg, Shannon P. Hilchey

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Shannon P. Hilchey

Contributed equally to this work with: Hristina Nedelkovska, Alexander F. Rosenberg, Shannon P. Hilchey

Affiliation James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Lymphoma Biology Program, Department of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Ollivier Hyrien

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics and Computational Biology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

W. Richard Burack

Affiliation James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Lymphoma Biology Program, Department of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Sally A. Quataert

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester New York, United States of America

Christina M. Baker

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester New York, United States of America

Mitra Azadniv

Affiliation James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Lymphoma Biology Program, Department of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Stephen L. Welle

Affiliation University of Rochester Genomics Research Center, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Stephen M. Ansell

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Minsoo Kim

Affiliation David H. Smith Center for Vaccine Biology and Immunology, Aab Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester New York, United States of America

Steven H. Bernstein

steven.bernstein@bms.com

Current address: Immuno-Oncology, Translational Research and Development, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliation James P. Wilmot Cancer Center, Lymphoma Biology Program, Department of Medicine University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HN SPH WRB SAQ MA SLW SMA SHB. Performed the experiments: HN SPH SAQ CMB MA MK. Analyzed the data: HN AFR SPH OH SAQ CMB MA SLW SMA MK SHB. Wrote the paper: HN AFR SPH OH WRB SAQ MA SLW SMA MK SHB.