About the Authors

Chien-Hsing Chang

kchang@immunomedics.com (CHC); britta.wahren@ki.se (BW)

Affiliations Immunomedics, Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States of America, IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States of America

Jorma Hinkula

Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Tumor Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, Department of Molecular Virology, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden

Meiyu Loo

Affiliation IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States of America

Tina Falkeborn

Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Linkoping University, Linkoping, Sweden

Rongxiu Li

Affiliation Immunomedics, Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States of America

Thomas M. Cardillo

Affiliation Immunomedics, Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States of America

Edmund A. Rossi

Affiliation IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States of America

David M. Goldenberg

Affiliations Immunomedics, Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States of America, IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc., Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States of America, Center for Molecular Medicine and Immunology, Garden State Cancer Center, Morris Plains, New Jersey, United States of America

Britta Wahren

kchang@immunomedics.com (CHC); britta.wahren@ki.se (BW)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Tumor Biology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden

Competing Interests

C-HC, ML, RL, TMC, EAR, and DMG have employment, stock, and/or stock options with Immunomedics, Inc. C-HC, EAR, and DMG have employment, stock, and/or stock options with IBC Pharmaceuticals, Inc. The other authors have declared no competing interests. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: C-HC BW JH. Performed the experiments: ML TF RL TMC EAR. Analyzed the data: ML TF RL TMC EAR BW C-HC JH. Wrote the paper: C-HC BW DMG JH EAR. Established the collaboration: DMG.