About the Authors

Paul J. Converse

pconvers@jhsph.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kathleen D. Eisenach

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Sue A. Theus

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America

Eric L. Nuermberger

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sandeep Tyagi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lan H. Ly

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Deborah E. Geiman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Haidan Guo

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Scott T. Nolan

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Nicole C. Akar

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Lee G. Klinkenberg

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Radhika Gupta

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Shichun Lun

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Petros C. Karakousis

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Gyanu Lamichhane

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

David N. McMurray

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Jacques H. Grosset

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

William R. Bishai

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Center for Tuberculosis Research, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PJC KE SAT ELN PCK GL DNM JG WB. Performed the experiments: ST LHL DEG HG STN. Analyzed the data: PJC ELN LHL DNM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KE SAT. Wrote the paper: PJC ELN PCK DNM JG WB. Lipid analysis: HG STN LGK RG SL. Bacterial culture: NCA.