About the Authors

Manikandan Narayanan

Affiliation Systems Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Laboratory of Systems Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Andrew J. Martins

Affiliation Systems Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Laboratory of Systems Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

John S. Tsang

john.tsang@nih.gov

Affiliation Systems Genomics and Bioinformatics Unit, Laboratory of Systems Biology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Formulated the study and overall approach informed by single and k-cell experiments performed by AJM in a related study: MN JST. Designed and implemented computational approaches and analyses: MN. Provided input on computational approaches and analyses: JST. Designed single- and 10-cell macrophage experiments: AJM MN JST. Performed single- and 10-cell macrophage experiments: AJM. Interpreted results: MN AJM JST. Wrote the manuscript: MN AJM JST. Supervised the study: JST.