About the Authors

Xuefeng Zhang

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Jinlong Yu

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Paula M. Kuzontkoski

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Weiquan Zhu

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Dean Y. Li

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Medicine Program, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Jerome E. Groopman

jgroopma@bidmc.harvard.edu

Affiliation Division of Experimental Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEG XZ DYL. Performed the experiments: XZ JY PMK. Analyzed the data: JEG XZ PMK JY DYL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DYL. Wrote the paper: JEG XZ PMK. Provided the recombinant Slit2N protein: WZ.