About the Authors

Varun C. Anipindi

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Puja Bagri

Contributed equally to this work with: Puja Bagri, Kristy Roth

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Kristy Roth

Contributed equally to this work with: Puja Bagri, Kristy Roth

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Sara E. Dizzell

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Philip V. Nguyen

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Christopher R. Shaler

‡ CRS, DKC, and RJS also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Derek K. Chu

‡ CRS, DKC, and RJS also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Rodrigo Jiménez-Saiz

‡ CRS, DKC, and RJS also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Hong Liang

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Stephanie Swift

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Aisha Nazli

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jessica K. Kafka

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Jonathan Bramson

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Zhou Xing

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Manel Jordana

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Yonghong Wan

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Denis P. Snider

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Martin R. Stampfli

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Charu Kaushic

kaushic@mcmaster.ca

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CK VCA KR PB YW DPS. Performed the experiments: VCA KR PB SED PVN CRS DKC RJS HL SS AN JKK. Analyzed the data: CK VCA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JB ZX MJ MRS. Wrote the paper: CK VCA PB.