About the Authors

Maria L. Olleros

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Centre Medical Universitaire (CMU), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Dominique Vesin

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Centre Medical Universitaire (CMU), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Ruth Bisig

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Centre Medical Universitaire (CMU), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Marie-Laure Santiago-Raber

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Centre Medical Universitaire (CMU), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Sonia Schuepbach-Mallepell

Affiliation Department of Dermatology-Venereology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

George Kollias

Affiliation Biomedical Sciences Research Center Alexander Fleming, Institute of Immunology, Vari-Athens, Greece

Olivier Gaide

Affiliation Department of Dermatology-Venereology, Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

Irene Garcia

irene.garcia-gabay@unige.ch

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Centre Medical Universitaire (CMU), University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLO IG. Performed the experiments: MLO DV RB. Analyzed the data: MLO IG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLO MLSR SSM OG IG. Wrote the paper: MLO IG. Provided mice: GK.