About the Authors

Eitan M. Akirav

Affiliation Departments of Immunobiology and Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Paula Preston-Hurlburt

Affiliation Departments of Immunobiology and Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Justin Garyu

Affiliation Departments of Immunobiology and Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Octavian Henegariu

Affiliation Departments of Immunobiology and Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Raphael Clynes

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Ann Marie Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Medicine, New York University, New York, New York, United States of America

Kevan C. Herold

kevan.herold@yale.edu

Affiliation Departments of Immunobiology and Internal Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KCH EA PPH OH JG AMS. Performed the experiments: EA PPH OH JG. Analyzed the data: EA KCH OH JG PPH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OH JG EA PPH. Wrote the paper: KCH PPH EA RC. Obtained funding: AMS KCH RC.