About the Authors
- Ethan Poteet
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Affiliation Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America
- Phoebe Lewis
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Affiliation Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America
- Feng Li
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Affiliation Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America
- Sheng Zhang
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Affiliation Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America
- Jianhua Gu
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Affiliation Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America
- Changyi Chen
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Affiliation Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America
- Sam On Ho
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Affiliation Molecular Express, Inc., Rancho Domínguez, CA, 90220, United States of America
- Thai Do
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Affiliation Molecular Express, Inc., Rancho Domínguez, CA, 90220, United States of America
- SuMing Chiang
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Affiliation Molecular Express, Inc., Rancho Domínguez, CA, 90220, United States of America
- Gary Fujii
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Affiliation Molecular Express, Inc., Rancho Domínguez, CA, 90220, United States of America
- Qizhi Yao
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* E-mail: qizhiyao@bcm.edu
Affiliations Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America, Center for Translational Research on Inflammatory Diseases (CTRID), Michael E. DeBakey VA Medical Center, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Fujii holds a patent to CALV kit used in this study. Fujii G, Szoka FC, Watson DS. Methods and Compositions for Liposomal Formulations of Antigens and Uses Thereof. United States #8,765,171 (July 1, 2014). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The materials can be requested from Dr. Fujii for a price or a co-authorship on related publications.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EP PL FL SZ CC GF QY. Performed the experiments: EP PL FL SZ JG SH. Analyzed the data: EP PL FL SZ CC SH GF QY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH TD SC GF. Wrote the paper: EP PL FL SZ CC SH GF QY.