About the Authors

Carrie L. Shaffer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Jennifer A. Gaddy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

John T. Loh

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Elizabeth M. Johnson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Salisha Hill

Affiliation Proteomics Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Ewa E. Hennig

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Medical Center for Postgraduate Education, and Department of Oncological Genetics, Cancer Center Institute, Warsaw, Poland

Mark S. McClain

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

W. Hayes McDonald

Affiliation Proteomics Laboratory, Mass Spectrometry Research Center, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Timothy L. Cover

timothy.l.cover@vanderbilt.edu

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Department of Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CLS WHM TLC. Performed the experiments: CLS JAG JTL EMJ MSM. Analyzed the data: CLS WHM JAG JTL EMJ SH MSM TLC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WHM SH EEH. Wrote the paper: CLS TLC.