About the Authors

Amanda L. Blasius

Affiliation Departments of Genetics and Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Philippe Krebs

Affiliations Departments of Genetics and Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Brian M. Sullivan

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Michael B. Oldstone

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Daniel L. Popkin

daniel.popkin@case.edu

Affiliations Departments of Genetics and Immunology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Immunology and Microbial Science, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Departments of Dermatology, Pathology, Molecular Biology and Microbiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALB PK DLP. Performed the experiments: ALB PK BMS DLP. Analyzed the data: ALB PK BMS DLP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DLP MBO. Wrote the paper: ALB PK DLP.