About the Authors

Clarissa Pozzi

Contributed equally to this work with: Clarissa Pozzi, Elaine M. Waters

Affiliations UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Elaine M. Waters

Contributed equally to this work with: Clarissa Pozzi, Elaine M. Waters

Affiliations UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Justine K. Rudkin

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

Carolyn R. Schaeffer

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Amanda J. Lohan

Affiliations UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Pin Tong

Affiliations UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Brendan J. Loftus

Affiliations UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Gerald B. Pier

Affiliation Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paul D. Fey

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Microbiology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska, United States of America

Ruth C. Massey

Affiliation Department of Biology and Biochemistry, University of Bath, Bath, United Kingdom

James P. O'Gara

jim.ogara@ucd.ie

Affiliations UCD School of Biomolecular and Biomedical Science, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, UCD Conway Institute of Biomolecular and Biomedical Research, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CP EMW GBP PDF RCM JPOG. Performed the experiments: CP EMW JKR CRS AJL PT. Analyzed the data: CP EMW JKR CRS PDF RCM GBP BJL JPOG. Wrote the paper: EMW JPOG.