About the Authors

Ganzhu Feng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Qingtao Jiang

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Mei Xia

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yanlai Lu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Wen Qiu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Dan Zhao

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Liwei Lu

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hong Kong University, Hong Kong, China

Guangyong Peng

Affiliation Division of Infectious Diseases, Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Saint Louis University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yingwei Wang

wangyw1508@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YW. Performed the experiments: GF QJ MX DZ. Analyzed the data: YL WQ DZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL GP. Wrote the paper: GF YW.