About the Authors

Brian Moldt

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

brian.moldt@gilead.com (BM); dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu (DHB)

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Abishek Chandrashekar

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Erica N. Borducchi

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joseph P. Nkolola

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Heather Stephenson

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Mark Nagel

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Magdeleine Hung

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Joshua Goldsmith

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Craig S. Pace

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Brian Carr

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Nathan D. Thomsen

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Wade S. Blair

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Romas Geleziunas

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California, United States of America

Dan H. Barouch

Roles Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

brian.moldt@gilead.com (BM); dbarouch@bidmc.harvard.edu (DHB)

Affiliations Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, The Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal’s policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: B.M., H.S., M.N., M.H., J.G., C.P., B.C., N.D.T., W.S.B., and R.G. are employees of Gilead Sciences. R.G. is a co-inventor on U.S. Patent No. 11,116,774, Modulators of Toll-like receptors for the treatment of HIV. Vesatolimod is currently in clinical development at Gilead. All other authors declare no competing interests.