About the Authors
- Karthik Mallilankaraman
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Contributed equally to this work with: Karthik Mallilankaraman, Devon J. Shedlock
Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Devon J. Shedlock
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Contributed equally to this work with: Karthik Mallilankaraman, Devon J. Shedlock
Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Huihui Bao
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Omkar U. Kawalekar
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Paolo Fagone
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Aarthi A. Ramanathan
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Bernadette Ferraro
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jennifer Stabenow
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Affiliation Regional Biocontainment Lab, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, Tennessee, United States of America
- Paluru Vijayachari
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Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centers, Indian Council of Medical Research, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
- Senthil G. Sundaram
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Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centers, Indian Council of Medical Research, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
- Nagarajan Muruganandam
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Affiliation Regional Medical Research Centers, Indian Council of Medical Research, Port Blair, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, India
- Gopalsamy Sarangan
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai, India
- Padma Srikanth
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Sri Ramachandra Medical College & Research Institute, Chennai, India
- Amir S. Khan
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Affiliation Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Mark G. Lewis
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Affiliation Bioqual Inc, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America
- J. Joseph Kim
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Affiliation Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Niranjan Y. Sardesai
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Affiliation Inovio Pharmaceuticals, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Karuppiah Muthumani
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* E-mail: muthuman@mail.med.upenn.edu
Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- David B. Weiner
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The DBW laboratory notes possible commercial conflicts associated with this work, which may include the following: Pfizer, Inovio, BMS, VGXi, Virxsys, Ichor, Novartis, Merck, MVI, Althea, and Aldevron, and possibly others.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: K. Muthumani, D. Weiner. Performed the experiments: K. Mallilankaraman, D. Shedlock, H. Bao, O. Kawalekar, P. Fagone, A. Ramanathan, J. Stabenow, S. Sundaram, N. Muruganandam, G. Sarangan, A. Khan, M. Lewis, K. Muthumani. Analyzed the data: K. Mallilankaraman, D. Shedlock, H. Bao, B. Ferraro, K. Muthumani. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: D. Shedlock, P. Vijayachari, P. Srikanth, J. Kim, N. Sardesai. Wrote the paper: K. Muthumani, D. Shedlock, K. Mallilankaraman.