About the Authors

Jonathan C. Poe

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan C. Poe, Susan H. Smith

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Susan H. Smith

Contributed equally to this work with: Jonathan C. Poe, Susan H. Smith

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Karen M. Haas

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Koichi Yanaba

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Takeshi Tsubata

Affiliation Laboratory of Immunology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Matsushita

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Thomas F. Tedder

thomas.tedder@duke.edu

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCP SHS KMH TM TFT. Performed the experiments: JCP SHS KMH KY TM. Analyzed the data: JCP SHS TT TFT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT. Wrote the paper: JCP SHS TFT. Contributed equally to this work and share first authorship: JCP SHS.