About the Authors

Zsolt Toth

ztoth@usc.edu (ZT); jaeujung@med.usc.edu (JUJ)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kevin Brulois

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hye-Ra Lee

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Yoshihiro Izumiya

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University of California Davis School of Medicine, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Clifford Tepper

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Hsing-Jien Kung

Affiliation Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Medicine, University of California Davis School of Medicine, University of California Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, Sacramento, California, United States of America

Jae U. Jung

ztoth@usc.edu (ZT); jaeujung@med.usc.edu (JUJ)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Microbiology and Immunology, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ZT JUJ. Performed the experiments: ZT CT. Analyzed the data: ZT JUJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZT KB HRL YI CT HJK. Wrote the paper: ZT KB JUJ.