About the Authors

Jordi M. Lanis

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Latisha D. Heinlen

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Judith A. James

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America, Arthritis and Clinical Immunology Research Program, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Jimmy D. Ballard

jimmy-ballard@ouhsc.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JML LDH JAJ JDB. Performed the experiments: JML LDH. Analyzed the data: JML LDH JAJ JDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JAJ JDB. Wrote the paper: JML JDB.