About the Authors
- Anette C. Karle
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Contributed equally to this work with: Anette C. Karle, Gertie J. Oostingh
Current address: Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
Affiliation Immunosafety, Non-Clinical Drug Safety, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
- Gertie J. Oostingh
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Contributed equally to this work with: Anette C. Karle, Gertie J. Oostingh
Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Sonja Mutschlechner
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Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Immunomodulation, Department of Pathophysiology, Center of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Fatima Ferreira
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Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Allergy Diagnosis and Therapy, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Peter Lackner
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Barbara Bohle
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Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Immunomodulation, Department of Pathophysiology, Center of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria
- Gottfried F. Fischer
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Affiliation Clinical Department for Blood Group Serology, University Clinic for Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Vienna, Austria
- Anne B. Vogt
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* E-mail: anne.vogt@roche.com
Affiliation Immunosafety, Non-Clinical Drug Safety, F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd, Basel, Switzerland
- Albert Duschl
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Barbara Bohle and Fatima Ferreira are supported by Biomay AG, Vienna, Austria. Anne Vogt is an employee of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd. Anette Karle was an employee of F. Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd when she performed the experiments outlined in the present manuscript. The other authors declare no conflict of interest. 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: AK AV AD. Performed the experiments: AK GO SM. Analyzed the data: AK SM GF PL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GO FF BB PL. Wrote the paper: AK GO AV.