About the Authors
- Zhan Ye
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Current address: Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
- Amanda A. Gorman
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Current address: Sanders-Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
- Annette M. Uittenbogaard
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Current address: Department of Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, University of Kentucky, United States of America
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
- Tanya Myers-Morales
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
- Alan M. Kaplan
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
- Donald A. Cohen
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
- Susan C. Straley
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* E-mail: scstra01@uky.edu
Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ZY AAG AMU TM-M SCS. Performed the experiments: ZY AAG AMU TM-M SCS. Analyzed the data: ZY AAG AMU TM-M AMK DAC SCS. Wrote the paper: SCS. Provided guidance throughout the study on immunology and immunological methodology: AMK DAC. Helped with flow-cytometry: DAC.