About the Authors

Jutaro Fukumoto

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Ruan Cox Jr.

Affiliations Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Itsuko Fukumoto

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Young Cho

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Prasanna Tamarapu Parthasarathy

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Lakshmi Galam

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Richard F. Lockey

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Narasaiah Kolliputi

nkollipu@health.usf.edu

Affiliation Division of Allergy and Immunology, Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JF NK. Performed the experiments: JF RC IF PTP LG. Analyzed the data: JF NK. Wrote the paper: JF YC RFL NK. Figure preparation: JF YC. Final approval of manuscript: NK.