About the Authors

Fábio E. Amaral

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY United States of America, Life and Health Sciences Research Institute (ICVS), School of Health Sciences, University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, ICVS/3B's, PT Government Associate Laboratory, Braga/Guimarães, Portugal

Dane Parker

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY United States of America

Tara M. Randis

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY United States of America

Ritwij Kulkarni

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY United States of America

Alice S. Prince

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America

Mimi M. Shirasu-Hiza

Affiliation Department of Genetics & Development, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States of America

Adam J. Ratner

ar127@columbia.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University, New York, NY United States of America

Competing Interests

A.J.R. is a Section Editor at PLOS ONE. A.S.P. is an Editorial Board Member at PLOS Pathogens. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AJR FEA DP TMR ASP MMS. Performed the experiments: FEA DP TMR RK. Analyzed the data: FEA MMS AJR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FEA ASP MMS AJR. Wrote the paper: FEA MMS AJR.