About the Authors

Kathryn H. Ching

ching.kathryn@gmail.com

Current address: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Albany, California, United States of America

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Peter D. Burbelo

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Christopher Tipton

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Chungwen Wei

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Michelle Petri

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ignacio Sanz

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Michael J. Iadarola

Affiliation Neurobiology and Pain Therapeutics Section, Laboratory of Sensory Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KHC PDB. Performed the experiments: KHC. Analyzed the data: KHC PDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CT CW MP IS MI. Wrote the paper: KHC PDB.