About the Authors

Wendy W. J. Unger

Current address: Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Immunology, VUmc, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Todd Pearson

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joana R. F. Abreu

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Sandra Laban

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Arno R. van der Slik

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Sacha Mulder-van der Kracht

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Michel G. D. Kester

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Dave V. Serreze

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Leonard D. Shultz

Affiliation The Jackson Laboratory, Bar Harbor, Maine, United States of America

Marieke Griffioen

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Jan Wouter Drijfhout

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Dale L. Greiner

Contributed equally to this work with: Dale L. Greiner, Bart O. Roep

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bart O. Roep

Contributed equally to this work with: Dale L. Greiner, Bart O. Roep

boroep@lumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WWJU DLG BOR. Performed the experiments: WWJU TP JRFA SL SMvdK ARvdS. Analyzed the data: WWJU TP SL SMvdK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGDK MG JWD DVS LDS. Wrote the paper: WWJU TP DLG BOR.