About the Authors

Kurt Whittemore

Affiliation Center for Innovations in Medicine, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, 1001 South McAllister Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States of America

Stephen Albert Johnston

Affiliation Center for Innovations in Medicine, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, 1001 South McAllister Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States of America

Kathryn Sykes

Affiliation Center for Innovations in Medicine, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, 1001 South McAllister Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States of America

Luhui Shen

Luhui.Shen@asu.edu

Affiliation Center for Innovations in Medicine, Biodesign Institute, Arizona State University, 1001 South McAllister Avenue, Tempe, Arizona 85287, United States of America

Competing Interests

KW, KS and LHS declare that they have no competing interest. SAJ holds the patent to the immunsignature and related technologies and has equity in a company related to these technologies. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LHS SAJ KS. Performed the experiments: KW LHS. Analyzed the data: KW LHS KS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KW LHS. Wrote the paper: KW SAJ KS LHS.