About the Authors

Yoko Nakano

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Inflammation Program, University of Iowa, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America

Sung H. Kim

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Hyoung-Mi Kim

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Joel D. Sanneman

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Yuzhou Zhang

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Richard J. H. Smith

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Daniel C. Marcus

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Philine Wangemann

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Physiology, Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, United States of America

Randy A. Nessler

Affiliation Central Microscopy Research Facility, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Botond Bánfi

botond-banfi@uiowa.edu

Affiliations Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Inflammation Program, University of Iowa, Coralville, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YN DCM PW BB. Performed the experiments: YN SHK HMK JDS YZ RAN. Analyzed the data: YN SHK HMK JDS YZ RJHS DCM PW RAN BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJHS. Wrote the paper: YN DCM PW BB.