About the Authors

Ethan Poteet

Affiliation Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America

Phoebe Lewis

Affiliation Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America

Feng Li

Affiliation Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America

Sheng Zhang

Affiliation Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Division of Surgical Research, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America

Jianhua Gu

Affiliation Houston Methodist Research Institute, Houston, TX, 77030, United States of America

Changyi Chen

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

Affiliation Molecular Express, Inc., Rancho Domínguez, CA, 90220, United States of America

Thai Do

Affiliation Molecular Express, Inc., Rancho Domínguez, CA, 90220, United States of America

SuMing Chiang

Affiliation Molecular Express, Inc., Rancho Domínguez, CA, 90220, United States of America

Gary Fujii

Affiliation Molecular Express, Inc., Rancho Domínguez, CA, 90220, United States of America

Qizhi Yao

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.