About the Authors

Jean-Eric Alard

Affiliation EA2216 “Immunology and Pathology” and IFR 148 ScInBioS, Université de Brest and Université Européenne de Bretagne, Brest, France

Sophie Hillion

Affiliation EA2216 “Immunology and Pathology” and IFR 148 ScInBioS, Université de Brest and Université Européenne de Bretagne, Brest, France

Loïc Guillevin

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France

Alain Saraux

Affiliations EA2216 “Immunology and Pathology” and IFR 148 ScInBioS, Université de Brest and Université Européenne de Bretagne, Brest, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France

Jacques-Olivier Pers

Affiliations EA2216 “Immunology and Pathology” and IFR 148 ScInBioS, Université de Brest and Université Européenne de Bretagne, Brest, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France

Pierre Youinou

youinou@univ-brest.fr

Affiliations EA2216 “Immunology and Pathology” and IFR 148 ScInBioS, Université de Brest and Université Européenne de Bretagne, Brest, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France

Christophe Jamin

Affiliations EA2216 “Immunology and Pathology” and IFR 148 ScInBioS, Université de Brest and Université Européenne de Bretagne, Brest, France, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire, Brest, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEA PY CJ. Performed the experiments: JEA. Analyzed the data: JEA SH LG AS JOP CJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JEA SH LG AS JOP. Wrote the paper: PY CJ.