About the Authors

Guangming Li

Affiliations Key Lab of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Menglan Cheng

Affiliation Key Lab of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Jun-ichi Nunoya

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Liang Cheng

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Haitao Guo

Affiliation Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Haisheng Yu

Affiliation Key Lab of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Yong-jun Liu

Affiliation Baylor Institute for Immunology Research, Baylor Research Institute, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Lishan Su

lsu@med.unc.edu (LS); Liguozhang@ibp.ac.cn (LZ)

Affiliations Key Lab of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Liguo Zhang

lsu@med.unc.edu (LS); Liguozhang@ibp.ac.cn (LZ)

Affiliation Key Lab of Infection and Immunity, Institute of Biophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: pending patent application for the pDC depleting monoclonal antibody. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LZ YjL LS. Performed the experiments: GL MC JiN LC HG HY LZ. Analyzed the data: GL YjL LZ LS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: GM LZ LS.