About the Authors

Hong Soon Kang

Affiliation Cell Biology Group, Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, 27709, NC, United States of America

Yukimasa Takeda

Affiliation Cell Biology Group, Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, 27709, NC, United States of America

Kilsoo Jeon

Affiliation Cell Biology Group, Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, 27709, NC, United States of America

Anton M. Jetten

jetten@niehs.nih.gov

Affiliation Cell Biology Group, Immunity, Inflammation, and Disease Laboratory, Division of Intramural Research, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Research Triangle Park, 27709, NC, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HSK AMJ. Performed the experiments: HSK YT KJ. Analyzed the data: HSK YT KJ AMJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YT KJ. Wrote the paper: HSK AMJ.