About the Authors

Diana G. Adlowitz

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Jennifer Barnard

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Jamie N. Biear

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Christopher Cistrone

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Teresa Owen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Wensheng Wang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Arumugam Palanichamy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Ezinma Ezealah

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Debbie Campbell

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Chungwen Wei

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, United States of America

R. John Looney

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Inaki Sanz

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 30332, United States of America

Jennifer H. Anolik

Jennifer_anolik@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Rheumatology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, 14642, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RJL IS JHA. Performed the experiments: DA JB JNB CC TO WW AP EE. Analyzed the data: DA JA JNB CC TO WW AP CW JHA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CC CW. Wrote the paper: DA CW RJL IS JHA. Patient recruitment: DC.