About the Authors

Melissa Swiecki

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Yaming Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Susan Gilfillan

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Marco Colonna

mcolonna@pathology.wustl.edu

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS YW. Performed the experiments: MS YW. Analyzed the data: MS YW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG. Wrote the paper: MS MC.