About the Authors

Uma Sriram

sriram@temple.edu (US); gallucci@temple.edu (SG)

Affiliation Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jun Xu

Affiliation Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Robert W. Chain

Affiliation Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Linda Varghese

Affiliation Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Marita Chakhtoura

Affiliation Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Heather L. Bennett

Affiliation Joseph Stokes, Jr. Research Institute, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Philip W. Zoltick

Affiliation Department of Surgery, The Children's Center for Fetal Research, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Stefania Gallucci

sriram@temple.edu (US); gallucci@temple.edu (SG)

Affiliation Laboratory of Dendritic Cell Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Temple University, School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG US. Performed the experiments: US JX RC MC LV HB. Analyzed the data: US RC JX MC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PZ. Wrote the paper: US SG.