About the Authors

Imtiaz A Khan

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ikhan@lsuhsc.edu (IAK); luster.andrew@mgh.harvard.edu (ADL)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Seddon Y Thomas

Contributed equally to this work with: Seddon Y Thomas, Magali M Moretto

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Magali M Moretto

Contributed equally to this work with: Seddon Y Thomas, Magali M Moretto

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Frederick S Lee

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sabina A Islam

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Crescent Combe

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Parasitology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America

Joseph D Schwartzman

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Dartmouth Medical School, Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States of America

Andrew D Luster

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: ikhan@lsuhsc.edu (IAK); luster.andrew@mgh.harvard.edu (ADL)

Affiliation Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases, Division of Rheumatology, Allergy, and Immunology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

IAK, SYT, MMM, FSL, SAI, and ADL conceived and designed the experiments. IAK, SYT, MMM, FSL, SAI, and CC performed the experiments. IAK, SYT, MMM, FSL, SAI, CC, JDS, and ADL analyzed the data. IAK contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. IAK and ADL wrote the paper.