About the Authors

Charlotte Gustafsson

charlotte.gustafsson@imk.liu.se

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Unit for Autoimmunity and Immune Regulation (AIR), Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

Jenny Mjösberg

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Unit for Autoimmunity and Immune Regulation (AIR), Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

Andreas Matussek

Affiliation Department of Clinical Microbiology, County Hospital Ryhov, Jönköping, Sweden

Robert Geffers

Affiliation Mucosal Immunity, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research (HCI), Braunschweig, Germany

Leif Matthiesen

Affiliation Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

Göran Berg

Affiliation Division of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

Surendra Sharma

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Brown University and Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America, Department of Pathology, Brown University and Women and Infants' Hospital of Rhode Island, Providence, Rhode Island, United States of America

Jan Buer

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

Jan Ernerudh

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Unit for Autoimmunity and Immune Regulation (AIR), Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University Hospital, Linköping, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CG JM AM LM GB JE. Performed the experiments: RG CG JM AM. Analyzed the data: RG SS CG JM AM JE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RG JB CG JM AM LM GB JE. Wrote the paper: CG. Other: Revision of manuscript: LM GB SS JB RG. Drafting of the manuscript: JE AM JM.