About the Authors

Phuong Dao

Contributed equally to this work with: Phuong Dao, Damian Wojtowicz

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Damian Wojtowicz

Contributed equally to this work with: Phuong Dao, Damian Wojtowicz

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Steevenson Nelson

Affiliation Laboratory of Molecular Immunogenetics, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

David Levens

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathology, Center for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Teresa M. Przytycka

przytyck@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Affiliation National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PD DW TMP. Performed the experiments: PD DW SN. Analyzed the data: PD DW TMP DL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PD DW SN. Wrote the paper: PD DW SN DL TMP.