About the Authors

Kara G Lassen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Kasra X Ramyar

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Justin R Bailey

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Yan Zhou

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Robert F Siliciano

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: rsiliciano@jhmi.edu

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America , Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

KGL conceived and designed the experiments. KGL, KXR, and JRB performed the experiments. KGL and RFS analyzed the data. KXR, JRB, and YZ contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. KGL and RFS wrote the paper.