About the Authors
- Shohei Ogata
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Chisato Shimizu
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Alessandra Franco
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Ranim Touma
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- John T. Kanegaye
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Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Biswa P. Choudhury
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Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Natasha N. Naidu
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Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Yutaka Kanda
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Affiliation Kyowa Hakko Kirin California, Inc., La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Long T. Hoang
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Affiliation Division of Infectious Disease 1, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Martin L. Hibberd
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Affiliation Division of Human Genetics, Genome Institute of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore
- Adriana H. Tremoulet
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Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Ajit Varki
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Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Jane C. Burns
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* E-mail: jcburns@ucsd.edu
Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, School of Medicine, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Rady Children’s Hospital San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors hereby declare that co-author Dr. Yutaka Kanda is affiliated with Kyowa Hakko Kirin California, Inc., La Jolla, California, USA. The authors also confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed in the online guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JCB AV AHT. Performed the experiments: SO CS RT BPC NNN LTH. Analyzed the data: SO CS RT BPC NNN LTH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SO JTK CS RT BPC NNN LTH. Wrote the manuscript: SO CS JTK JCB. Helped in the design of experiments and provided helpful discussion of the results: YK AF MLH.