About the Authors

Martin P. Hosking

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

Liping Liu

Affiliation Neuroinflammation Research Center, Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Richard M. Ransohoff

Affiliation Neuroinflammation Research Center, Department of Neurosciences, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Thomas E. Lane

tlane@uci.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America, Institute for Immunology, Infectious Diseases, and Vaccines, University of California, Irvine, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MPH TEL. Performed the experiments: MPH. Analyzed the data: MPH TEL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LL RMR. Wrote the paper: MPH TEL.