About the Authors

Xiaohui Wang

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Center of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Kongyang Ma

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Center of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Miao Chen

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Center of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

King-Hung Ko

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Center of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Bo-Jian Zheng

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Center of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Liwei Lu

liweilu@hku.hk

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Center of Infection and Immunology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XW LL. Performed the experiments: XW KHK. Analyzed the data: XW KM MC KHK BJZ LL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KHK KM MC BJZ LL. Wrote the paper: XW LL.