About the Authors

Heather R. Shive

shiveh@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert R. West

Affiliation Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Lisa J. Embree

Affiliation Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Champa D. Golden

Current address: Biotechnology Studies Department, University of Maryland University College, Aldephi, Maryland, United States of America

Affiliation Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Dennis D. Hickstein

Affiliation Experimental Transplantation and Immunology Branch, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HRS RRW LJE DDH. Performed the experiments: HRS RRW LJE CDG. Analyzed the data: HRS RRW LJE DDH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HRS RRW LJE. Wrote the paper: HRS DDH.