About the Authors

Vineesh V. Raveendran

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Donald D. Smith

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Xiaoyu Tan

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Matthew E. Sweeney

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Gregory A. Reed

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Colleen A. Flynn

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Therapeutics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Ossama W. Tawfik

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Ginger Milne

Affiliation Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Kottarappat N. Dileepan

kdileepan@kumc.edu

Affiliation Division of Allergy, Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, Kansas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Co-author Kottarappat Dileepan is a PLOS ONE editorial member. The authors adhere to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KND. Performed the experiments: VVR DDS XT MES GAR CAF OWT GM. Analyzed the data: VVR KND DDS XT GAR OWT GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GAR CAF GM OWT. Wrote the paper: VVR KND DDS.