About the Authors

Yung-Chi Chang

Affiliations Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Joshua Olson

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Federico C. Beasley

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Christine Tung

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Jiquan Zhang

Affiliation Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Paul R. Crocker

Affiliation Division of Cell Signalling and Immunology, College of Life Sciences, University of Dundee, Dundee, United Kingdom

Ajit Varki

a1varki@ucsd.edu (AV); vnizet@ucsd.edu (VN)

Affiliations Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Victor Nizet

a1varki@ucsd.edu (AV); vnizet@ucsd.edu (VN)

Affiliations Glycobiology Research and Training Center, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Rady Children's Hospital, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YCC AV PRC VN. Performed the experiments: YCC JO FCB CT JZ. Analyzed the data: YCC PRC AV VN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JZ PRC AV VN. Wrote the paper: YCC VN.