About the Authors

Gregory M. Laird

Contributed equally to this work with: Gregory M. Laird, Evelyn E. Eisele, S. Alireza Rabi

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

Evelyn E. Eisele

Contributed equally to this work with: Gregory M. Laird, Evelyn E. Eisele, S. Alireza Rabi

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

S. Alireza Rabi

Contributed equally to this work with: Gregory M. Laird, Evelyn E. Eisele, S. Alireza Rabi

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

Jun Lai

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

Stanley Chioma

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

Joel N. Blankson

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

Janet D. Siliciano

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

Robert F. Siliciano

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

Conceived and designed the experiments: GML EEE SAR JNB JDS RFS. Performed the experiments: GML EEE SAR JL SC. Analyzed the data: GML EEE SAR JDS RFS. Wrote the paper: GML RFS. Edited the manuscript: GML JDS RFS.