About the Authors

Isabel K. Macdonald

Isabel.Macdonald@nottingham.ac.uk

Affiliation Oncimmune Ltd, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Andrea Murray

Affiliation Oncimmune Ltd, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Graham F. Healey

Affiliation Oncimmune Ltd, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Celine B. Parsy-Kowalska

Affiliation Oncimmune Ltd, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Jared Allen

Affiliation Oncimmune Ltd, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Jane McElveen

Affiliation Oncimmune Ltd, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Chris Robertson

Affiliation Department of Mathematics and Statistics, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Herbert F. Sewell

Affiliations Oncimmune Ltd, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Centre of Excellence for Autoimmunity in Cancer, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Caroline J. Chapman

Affiliations Oncimmune Ltd, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Centre of Excellence for Autoimmunity in Cancer, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

John F. R. Robertson

Affiliations Oncimmune Ltd, Nottingham City Hospital, Nottingham, United Kingdom, Centre of Excellence for Autoimmunity in Cancer, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have the following competing interests: IKM, AM, GFH, CBP-K, JA and JM are employed by Oncimmune Ltd. CJC and CR are consultants for Oncimmune. HFS is on an advisory board for Oncimmune. JFRR is the CSO of Oncimmune and holds shares in Oncimmune. Oncimmune partly funded this study. A product mentioned in this paper is marketed by Oncimmune LLC. There are no patents to declare. 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: IKM AM GFH CBP-K JFRR. Performed the experiments: IKM JM CBP-K. Analyzed the data: IKM AM GFH JA CR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JA. Wrote the paper: IKM AM GFH CBP-K HS CJC JFRR.