About the Authors

Pin Zhang

Affiliation Mucosal Immunology Unit, OIIB, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Takashi Maruyama

Affiliation Mucosal Immunology Unit, OIIB, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Joanne E. Konkel

Affiliation Mucosal Immunology Unit, OIIB, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Brittany Abbatiello

Affiliation Mucosal Immunology Unit, OIIB, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Brian Zamarron

Affiliation Mucosal Immunology Unit, OIIB, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Zhao-qi Wang

Affiliation Leibniz Institute for Age Research – Fritz Lipmann Institute e.V. 07745, Jena, Germany

WanJun Chen

wchen@dir.nidcr.nih.gov

Affiliation Mucosal Immunology Unit, OIIB, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: PZ TM JEK BA BZ. Analyzed the data: PZ WJC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZQW. Wrote the paper: PZ JEK WJC. Conceived and designed experiments: WJC. Designed experiments: PZ.