About the Authors

Daniel A. Ozaki

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel A. Ozaki, Hongmei Gao

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Hongmei Gao

Contributed equally to this work with: Daniel A. Ozaki, Hongmei Gao

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Christopher A. Todd

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Kelli M. Greene

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

David C. Montefiori

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Marcella Sarzotti-Kelsoe

marcella.sarzottikelsoe@duke.edu

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DAO HG KMG CAT MS-K DCM. Analyzed the data: DAO HG KMG MS-K CAT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DCM. Wrote the paper: DAO HG. Participated by adding key points to the manuscript: KMG CAT MS-K DCM. Assisted with manuscript editing: KMG CAT MS-K DCM.