About the Authors

Amy E. L. Stone

Affiliations Integrated Department in Immunology: University of Colorado Denver and National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hepatitis C Center, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Silvia Giugliano

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hepatitis C Center, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Gretja Schnell

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Linling Cheng

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hepatitis C Center, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Katelyn F. Leahy

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hepatitis C Center, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Lucy Golden-Mason

Affiliations Integrated Department in Immunology: University of Colorado Denver and National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hepatitis C Center, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America

Michael Gale Jr

Affiliation Department of Immunology, University of Washington, School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Hugo R. Rosen

Hugo.Rosen@UCDENVER.edu

Affiliations Integrated Department in Immunology: University of Colorado Denver and National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, United States of America, Division of Gastroenterology & Hepatology, Hepatitis C Center, Department of Medicine, University of Colorado Denver, Aurora, Colorado, United States of America, Denver Veteran's Affairs Medical Center, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AELS GS SG LGM MG HRR. Performed the experiments: AELS SG LC KFL GS. Analyzed the data: AELS LGM HRR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MG GS. Wrote the paper: HRR AELS LGM.