About the Authors

Samantha K. Dunmire

Affiliation Center for Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Jennifer M. Grimm

Affiliation Center for Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

David O. Schmeling

Affiliation Center for Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Henry H. Balfour Jr.

Affiliations Center for Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Kristin A. Hogquist

hogqu001@umn.edu

Affiliation Center for Immunology, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology, University of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KAH SKD HHB. Performed the experiments: SKD JMG DOS. Analyzed the data: SKD KAH HHB. Wrote the paper: SKD KAH HHB.