About the Authors

Young-Jin Seo

Affiliation Departments of Surgery & Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Curtis J. Pritzl

Affiliation Departments of Surgery & Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Madhuvanthi Vijayan

Affiliation Departments of Surgery & Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Kavita Bomb

Affiliation Departments of Surgery & Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Mariah E. McClain

Affiliation Departments of Surgery & Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Stephen Alexander

Affiliation Division of Biological Sciences, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Bumsuk Hahm

hahmb@health.missouri.edu

Affiliation Departments of Surgery & Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, University of Missouri-Columbia, Columbia, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Bumsuk Hahm is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YS BH. Performed the experiments: YS MM. Analyzed the data: YS CJP MV KB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA. Wrote the manuscript: YS BH.