About the Authors

Francis J. Castellino

fcastell@nd.edu

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Zhong Liang

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Patrick K. Davis

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Rashna D. Balsara

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Harsha Musunuru

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Deborah L. Donahue

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Denise L. Smith

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Mayra J. Sandoval-Cooper

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Victoria A. Ploplis

Affiliation W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America

Mark Walsh

Affiliations W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Emergency Medicine, Memorial Hospital of South Bend, South Bend, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJC VAP MW. Performed the experiments: ZL PKD RDB HM DLD DLS MJS. Analyzed the data: FJC ZL PKD RDB HM DLD DLS MJS VAP MW. Wrote the paper: FJC VAP.