About the Authors

Arun H. S. Kumar

Affiliation Centre for Research in Vascular Biology (CRVB), Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Kenneth Martin

Affiliation Centre for Research in Vascular Biology (CRVB), Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Elizebeth C. Turner

Affiliation Centre for Research in Vascular Biology (CRVB), Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Chirlei K. Buneker

Affiliation Centre for Research in Vascular Biology (CRVB), Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Karim Dorgham

Affiliation Laboratoire Immunité et Infection, UMR-S 945 INSERM-UPMC, Paris, France

Philippe Deterre

Affiliation Laboratoire Immunité et Infection, UMR-S 945 INSERM-UPMC, Paris, France

Noel M. Caplice

n.caplice@ucc.ie

Affiliation Centre for Research in Vascular Biology (CRVB), Biosciences Institute, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK NC. Performed the experiments: AK KM ET CB. Analyzed the data: AK KM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KD PD. Wrote the paper: AK NC.