About the Authors

Selvakumar Subbian

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis, the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Liana Tsenova

Affiliations Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis, the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Biological Sciences Department, New York City College of Technology, Brooklyn, New York, United States of America

Paul O'Brien

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis, the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Guibin Yang

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis, the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Mi-Sun Koo

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis, the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Blas Peixoto

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis, the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Dorothy Fallows

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis, the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Veronique Dartois

Affiliation Novartis Institute for Tropical Diseases, Singapore

George Muller

Affiliation Celgene Corporation, Summit, New Jersey, United States of America

Gilla Kaplan

kaplangi@umdnj.edu

Affiliation Laboratory of Mycobacterial Immunity and Pathogenesis, the Public Health Research Institute (PHRI) at the University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey (UMDNJ), Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SS DF LT GK. Performed the experiments: SS PO LT GY MK VD BP. Analyzed the data: SS GK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VD GM. Wrote the paper: SS DF LT GK.