About the Authors

Sebastian A. Stifter

Affiliations Immunology and Host Defense Group, Discipline of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Mycobacterial Research Program, The Centenary Institute, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Nayan Bhattacharyya

Affiliation Immunology and Host Defense Group, Discipline of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Roman Pillay

Affiliation Immunology and Host Defense Group, Discipline of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Manuela Flórido

Affiliation Mycobacterial Research Program, The Centenary Institute, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

James A. Triccas

Affiliations Mycobacterial Research Program, The Centenary Institute, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, Microbial Pathogenesis and Immunity Group, Discipline of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Warwick J. Britton

Affiliations Mycobacterial Research Program, The Centenary Institute, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia, Discipline of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Department of Medicine, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Carl G. Feng

carl.feng@sydney.edu.au

Affiliations Immunology and Host Defense Group, Discipline of Infectious Diseases and Immunology, Sydney Medical School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Mycobacterial Research Program, The Centenary Institute, Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SAS CGF. Performed the experiments: SAS NB RP MF. Analyzed the data: SAS JAT WJB CGF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MF JAT WJB CGF. Wrote the paper: SAS JAT WJB CGF.