About the Authors

Jian-Da Lin

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian-Da Lin, Ningguo Feng, Adrish Sen

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Ningguo Feng

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian-Da Lin, Ningguo Feng, Adrish Sen

Affiliations Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Adrish Sen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jian-Da Lin, Ningguo Feng, Adrish Sen

Affiliations Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Murugabaskar Balan

Current address: Division of Nephrology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Hsiang-Chi Tseng

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Constance McElrath

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Sergey V. Smirnov

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Jianya Peng

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Linda L. Yasukawa

Affiliations Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Russell K. Durbin

Affiliation Center for Immunity and Inflammation, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Joan E. Durbin

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Center for Immunity and Inflammation, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, University Hospital Cancer Center, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Harry B. Greenberg

hbgreen@stanford.edu (HBG); kotenkse@rutgers.njms.edu (SVK)

Affiliations Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America, VA Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Sergei V. Kotenko

hbgreen@stanford.edu (HBG); kotenkse@rutgers.njms.edu (SVK)

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Biochemistry and Molecular Genetics, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, Center for Immunity and Inflammation, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America, University Hospital Cancer Center, New Jersey Medical School, Rutgers Biomedical and Health Sciences, Rutgers, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: SVK is an inventor on patents and patent applications related to IFN-λs, which have been licensed for commercial development.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JDL NF AS JED HBG SVK. Performed the experiments: JDL NF AS MB HCT CM SVS JP LLY RKD. Analyzed the data: JDL NF AS JED HBG SVK. Wrote the paper: JDL NF AS JED HBG SVK.