About the Authors

Vikram Paruchuri

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

Anil Prasad

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

Kevin McHugh

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

Hari K. Bhat

Affiliation Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Kornelia Polyak

Affiliation Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ramesh K. Ganju

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ramesh.ganju@osumc.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: KP RG AP VP KM HB. Performed the experiments: RG AP VP KM HB. Analyzed the data: KP RG AP VP KM HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP RG AP VP KM HB. Wrote the paper: RG VP KM.