About the Authors

Sanne P. Smeekens

Contributed equally to this work with: Sanne P. Smeekens, Theo S. Plantinga, Frank L. van de Veerdonk

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Theo S. Plantinga

Contributed equally to this work with: Sanne P. Smeekens, Theo S. Plantinga, Frank L. van de Veerdonk

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Frank L. van de Veerdonk

Contributed equally to this work with: Sanne P. Smeekens, Theo S. Plantinga, Frank L. van de Veerdonk

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Bas Heinhuis

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Alexander Hoischen

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Leo A. B. Joosten

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Peter D. Arkwright

Affiliation Royal Manchester Hospital, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Andrew Gennery

Affiliation Institute for Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Bart Jan Kullberg

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Joris A. Veltman

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Desa Lilic

Affiliation Institute for Cellular Medicine, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom

Jos W. M. van der Meer

This author also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Mihai G. Netea

m.netea@aig.umcn.nl

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation, and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TSP FLvdV AH JAV MGN. Performed the experiments: SPS TSP BH AH. Analyzed the data: SPS TSP FLvdV BH AH LABJ BJK JAV DL JWMvdM MGN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PDA AG DL MGN. Wrote the paper: SPS TSP FLvdV BH AH LABJ BJK JAV DL JWMvdM MGN.