About the Authors

Nelson C. Di Paolo

Affiliation Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Lisa K. Baldwin

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Eric E. Irons

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Thalia Papayannopoulou

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Department of Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Stephen Tomlinson

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America, Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Dmitry M. Shayakhmetov

dmitryshay@emory.edu

Affiliation Lowance Center for Human Immunology, Departments of Pediatrics and Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NCDP TP DMS. Performed the experiments: NCDP LKB EEI ST DMS. Analyzed the data: NDP TP DMS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST. Wrote the paper: DMS.