About the Authors

Hoyong Lim

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases, Institute of Molecular Medicine, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Young Uk Kim

Affiliations Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases, Institute of Molecular Medicine, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Scott M. Drouin

Affiliations Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases, Institute of Molecular Medicine, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Stacey Mueller-Ortiz

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases, Institute of Molecular Medicine, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Kyoungah Yun

Affiliations Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases, Institute of Molecular Medicine, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Daejon Health Sciences College, Daejon, South Korea

Eva Morschl

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases, Institute of Molecular Medicine, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Rick A. Wetsel

Affiliations Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases, Institute of Molecular Medicine, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yeonseok Chung

Yeonseok.Chung@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliations Center for Immunology and Autoimmune Diseases, Institute of Molecular Medicine, the University of Texas Medical School at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, the University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HL RAW YC. Performed the experiments: HL YUK KY YC. Analyzed the data: HL YC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SD SMO RAW EM. Wrote the paper: HL RAW YC.