About the Authors
- Xiaodong She
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Affiliations Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Washington, DC, 20057, United States of America, Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Jiangsu Key laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Disease and STIs, Nanjing, 210029, China
- Richard Calderone
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* E-mail: calderor@georgetown.edu
Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Washington, DC, 20057, United States of America
- Michael Kruppa
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Diseases, and Immunity, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37614, United States of America
- Douglas Lowman
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Diseases, and Immunity, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37614, United States of America
- David Williams
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Center of Excellence in Inflammation, Infectious Diseases, and Immunity, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, Tennessee, 37614, United States of America
- Lili Zhang
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Affiliation Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Jiangsu Key laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Disease and STIs, Nanjing, 210029, China
- Ying Gao
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Affiliation Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Jiangsu Key laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Disease and STIs, Nanjing, 210029, China
- Kasra Khamooshi
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Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Washington, DC, 20057, United States of America
- Weida Liu
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Affiliation Institute of Dermatology, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences (CAMS), Jiangsu Key laboratory of Molecular Biology for Skin Disease and STIs, Nanjing, 210029, China
- Dongmei Li
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Affiliation Georgetown University Medical Center, Department of Microbiology & Immunology, Washington, DC, 20057, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: D. Lowman DW MK D. Li WL RC. Performed the experiments: LZ YG KK MK D. Lowman DW D. Li XS. Analyzed the data: XS RC MK D. Lowman DW WL D. Li. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XS MK D. Lowman DW. Wrote the paper: RC MK D. Lowman DW D. Li.