About the Authors

Raj Hanvesakul

rhanvesakul@doctors.org.uk

Affiliation Renal Institute of Birmingham, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Chandrashekhar Kubal

Affiliation Renal Institute of Birmingham, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jason Moore

Affiliation Renal Institute of Birmingham, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Desley Neil

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Mark Cook

Affiliation Department of Haematology, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Simon Ball

Affiliation Renal Institute of Birmingham, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

David Briggs

Affiliation Department of Histocompatibility & Immunogenetics, National Blood Service, Vincent Drive, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Paul Moss

Affiliations Division of Cancer Studies, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Paul Cockwell

Affiliations Renal Institute of Birmingham, University Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom, Division of Immunity and Infection, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RH CK MC SB DB PM PC. Performed the experiments: RH CK JM DN. Analyzed the data: RH CK JM DB PM PC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RH CK JM SB DB. Wrote the paper: RH MC DB PM PC.