About the Authors

Jon Kibbie

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Rosane M. B. Teles

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Zhiming Wang

Affiliation School of Petrochemical Engineering, Changzhou University, Changzhou, Jiangsu, People’s Republic of China

Patrick Hong

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Dennis Montoya

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Stephan Krutzik

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Seung Lee

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Ohyun Kwon

Affiliation Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Robert L. Modlin

Affiliations Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Division of Dermatology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Daniel Cruz

dcruz@mednet.ucla.edu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK DC PH DM SK RMBT RLM. Performed the experiments: JK DC SL RMBT. Analyzed the data: JK DC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZW OK. Wrote the paper: JK DC RLM.