About the Authors

Hoonsik Cho

Affiliation Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States of America

Do-Won Jeong

Current address: Department of Food Science and Biotechnology, Shinansan University, Ansan, Republic of Korea

Affiliation Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States of America

Qian Liu

Current address: Department of Clinical Laboratory, Renji Hospital, School of Medicine, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai, China

Affiliation Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States of America

Won-Sik Yeo

Affiliation Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States of America

Thomas Vogl

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Eric P. Skaar

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Walter J. Chazin

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Chemistry, and Center for Structural Biology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Taeok Bae

tbae@iun.edu

Affiliation Indiana University School of Medicine-Northwest, Gary, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HC DWJ QL WSY TB. Performed the experiments: HC DWJ QL WSY. Analyzed the data: HC DWJ QL WSY TV EPS WJC TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TV EPS WJC. Wrote the paper: HC DWJ QL WSY TV EPS WJC TB.