About the Authors

Bodi Zhang

Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shahrzad Asadi

Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pharmacy, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Zuyi Weng

Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Nikolaos Sismanopoulos

Current address: Department of Internal Medicine, St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Theoharis C. Theoharides

theoharis.theoharides@tufts.edu

Affiliations Molecular Immunopharmacology and Drug Discovery Laboratory, Department of Molecular Physiology and Pharmacology, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Biochemistry, Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Sackler School of Graduate Biomedical Sciences, Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Pharmacy, Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, Tufts University School of Medicine and Tufts Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: SA ZW NS. Analyzed the data: SA ZW NS. Wrote the paper: BZ TCT. Designed experiments, summarized data: BZ TCT.