About the Authors

Zhaoyang Li

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopathology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Chen-Feng Qi

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopathology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Dong-Mi Shin

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopathology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Adriana Zingone

Affiliation Genetics Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, Naval Hospital, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Helen J. Newbery

Affiliation Medical Genetics Section, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Alexander L. Kovalchuk

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopathology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Catherine M. Abbott

Affiliation Medical Genetics Section, Molecular Medicine Centre, University of Edinburgh, Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Herbert C. Morse III

hmorse@niaid.nih.gov.

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunopathology, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZL CMA HCM. Performed the experiments: ZL CFQ HJN ALK. Analyzed the data: ZL CFQ DMS AZ HJN ALK CMA HCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMA. Wrote the paper: ZL HCM.