About the Authors

Ya-Hui Wang

Affiliation Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jean-Pierre Gorvel

Affiliations Aix Marseille Université, Faculté des Sciences de Luminy, Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy (CIML), UMR6546, Marseille, France, Inserm, U631, Marseille, France, CNRS, UMR6102, Marseille, France

Yen-Ting Chu

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Jiunn-Jong Wu

Affiliation Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, College of Medicine, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Huan-Yao Lei

hylei@mail.ncku.edu.tw

Affiliation Departments of Microbiology and Immunology, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan, Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YHW JPG HYL. Performed the experiments: YHW YTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJW.