About the Authors

Patrick M. Smith

Affiliation Immunology Program, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Berri Jacque

Affiliation Immunology Program, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

James R. Conner

Affiliation Immunology Program, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Alexander Poltorak

alexander.poltorak@tufts.edu (AP); miguel.stadecker@tufts.edu (MJS)

Affiliations Immunology Program, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Miguel J. Stadecker

alexander.poltorak@tufts.edu (AP); miguel.stadecker@tufts.edu (MJS)

Affiliations Immunology Program, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Sackler School of Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PMS BJ AP MJS. Performed the experiments: PMS BJ JRC. Analyzed the data: PMS AP MJS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PMS BJ JRC AP MJS. Wrote the paper: PMS BJ AP MJS.