About the Authors

Jong-Hyuk Kim

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, MN, United States of America, Animal Cancer Care and Research Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States of America, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Eva Furrow

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, MN, United States of America

Michelle G. Ritt

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, MN, United States of America

Paul J. Utz

Affiliations Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America, Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America

William H. Robinson

Affiliations Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America, Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Liping Yu

Affiliation Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States of America

Andrea Eckert

Affiliation Clinical Investigation Center, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, MN, United States of America

Kathleen Stuebner

Affiliations Animal Cancer Care and Research Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States of America, Clinical Investigation Center, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, MN, United States of America

Timothy D. O’Brien

Affiliations Animal Cancer Care and Research Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States of America, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America, Department of Veterinary Population Medicine, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, MN, United States of America, Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Lawrence Steinman

Affiliations Institute for Immunity, Transplantation and Infection, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America, Department of Neurology and Neurological Sciences, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, United States of America

Jaime F. Modiano

modiano@umn.edu

Affiliations Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Minnesota College of Veterinary Medicine, St. Paul, MN, United States of America, Animal Cancer Care and Research Program, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN, United States of America, Masonic Cancer Center, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America, Stem Cell Institute, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America, Center for Immunology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHK JFM LS PJU WR MGR TDO. Performed the experiments: EF MGR LY AE KS JFM. Analyzed the data: JHK EF MGR PJU LY LS JFM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHK EF MGR AE KS. Wrote the paper: JHK EF MGR PJU WR LY AE KS TDO LS JFM.