About the Authors
- Shiho Suzuki
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Affiliations Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Division of Bacterial Infection Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Luigi Franchi
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Affiliations Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America, Lycera Corp., Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Yuan He
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Raul Muñoz-Planillo
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Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
- Hitomi Mimuro
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Affiliation Division of Bacteriology, Department of Infectious Diseases Control, International Research Center for Infectious Diseases, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Toshihiko Suzuki
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Bacteriology and Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, Okinawa, Japan
- Chihiro Sasakawa
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Affiliations Division of Bacterial Infection Biology, Institute of Medical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Nippon Institute for Biological Science, Tokyo, Japan
- Gabriel Núñez
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* E-mail: gabriel.nunez@umich.edu
Affiliation Department of Pathology and Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States of America
Competing Interests
Luigi Franchi is an employee of Lycera, a biotechnology company working in the area of inflammation and autoimmune disease. This does not alter our adherence to all PLoS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS LF CS GN. Performed the experiments: SS YH. Analyzed the data: SS LF YH TS GN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LF YH RMP HM TS. Wrote the paper: SS GN.