About the Authors

Ann-Charlotte Lundstedt

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Shane McCarthy

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Mattias C.U. Gustafsson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Gabriela Godaly

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Ulf Jodal

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, the Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

Diana Karpman

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Irene Leijonhufvud

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Carin Lindén

Affiliation Department of Infectious Diseases, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

Jeanette Martinell

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, the Queen Silvia Children's Hospital, Gothenburg University, Gothenburg, Sweden

Bryndis Ragnarsdottir

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Martin Samuelsson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Lennart Truedsson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Björn Andersson

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Catharina Svanborg

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Catharina.Svanborg@med.lu.se

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Glycobiology, Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CS AL MG GG BA SM. Performed the experiments: AL MG GG BR SM. Analyzed the data: CS AL MG GG BR MS BA SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IL CS AL MG GG LT BA DK CL JM UJ SM. Wrote the paper: CS AL BA.