About the Authors

Jungang Xie

Current address: Department of Respiratory Disease, Tongji Medical College, Huangzhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, PR China

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Larisa C. Lotoski

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Rishma Chooniedass

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Ruey-Chyi Su

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

F. Estelle R. Simons

Affiliations Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Joel Liem

Affiliation Windsor Allergy Asthma Education Centre, Ontario, Canada

Allan B. Becker

Affiliations Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Jude Uzonna

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Kent T. HayGlass

hayglass@cc.umanitoba.ca

Affiliations Department of Immunology, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada, Department of Pediatrics and Child Health, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada

Competing Interests

Operating support for this study was obtained from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR), the Canada Reserch Chairs (CRC) Program and AllerGen NCE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KH FERS ABB JU. Performed the experiments: JX LL RC RS. Analyzed the data: JX LL KH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RC JL FERS ABB JU. Wrote the paper: JX KH.