About the Authors

Yijie Zhai

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Luis M. Franco

Affiliation Laboratory of Systems Biology, Division of Intramural Research (DIR), National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Robert L. Atmar

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

John M. Quarles

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Nancy Arden

Affiliation Department of Microbial and Molecular Pathogenesis, Texas A&M University System Health Science Center, College Station, Texas, United States of America

Kristine L. Bucasas

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Janet M. Wells

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Diane Niño

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xueqing Wang

Affiliation Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Gladys E. Zapata

Affiliation Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Chad A. Shaw

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

John W. Belmont

jbelmont@bcm.tmc.edu, jbelmont@bc.edu

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Children’s Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Robert B. Couch

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology and Microbiology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RBC JWB. Performed the experiments: LMF RLA JMQ NA KLB JMW DN GEZ XW. Analyzed the data: YZ CAS JWB RBC. Wrote the paper: YZ JWB RBC.