About the Authors

Pushpa Jayaraman

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Miye K. Jacques

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Chen Zhu

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Katherine M. Steblenko

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Britni L. Stowell

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Asaf Madi

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ana C. Anderson

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Vijay K. Kuchroo

Affiliation Department of Neurology, Brigham and Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Samuel M. Behar

samuel.behar@umassmed.edu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Physiological Systems, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SMB PJ MKJ. Performed the experiments: PJ MKJ CZ KMS BLS. Analyzed the data: SMB PJ MKJ CZ AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ACA VKK. Wrote the paper: SMB PJ MKJ.