About the Authors
- Federica Villanova
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Affiliations St. John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research, Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, (NIHR GSTT/KCL) London, United Kingdom
- Paola Di Meglio
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Affiliations St. John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research, Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, (NIHR GSTT/KCL) London, United Kingdom, Molecular Immunology, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, United Kingdom
- Margaret Inokuma
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Affiliation Biological Research & Development, BD Biosciences, San Jose, California, United States of America
- Nima Aghaeepour
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Affiliation Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada
- Esperanza Perucha
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Current address: Academic Department of Rheumatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
Affiliation The Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Jennifer Mollon
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Affiliation Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Statistical Genetics Unit, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Laurel Nomura
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Affiliation Biological Research & Development, BD Biosciences, San Jose, California, United States of America
- Maria Hernandez-Fuentes
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Affiliations National Institute for Health Research, Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, (NIHR GSTT/KCL) London, United Kingdom, The Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Andrew Cope
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Affiliation Academic Department of Rheumatology, King's College London, London United Kingdom
- A. Toby Prevost
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Affiliation Department of Primary Care and Public Health Sciences, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Susanne Heck
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Affiliation National Institute for Health Research, Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, (NIHR GSTT/KCL) London, United Kingdom
- Vernon Maino
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Affiliation Biological Research & Development, BD Biosciences, San Jose, California, United States of America
- Graham Lord
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Affiliations National Institute for Health Research, Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, (NIHR GSTT/KCL) London, United Kingdom, The Medical Research Council (MRC) Centre for Transplantation, King's College London, London, United Kingdom
- Ryan R. Brinkman
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Affiliations Terry Fox Laboratory, BC Cancer Agency, Vancouver, BC, Canada, Department of Medical Genetics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
- Frank O. Nestle
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* E-mail: frank.nestle@kcl.ac.uk
Affiliations St. John's Institute of Dermatology, King's College London, London, United Kingdom, National Institute for Health Research, Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre, Guy's & St. Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, (NIHR GSTT/KCL) London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and declare the following conflicts: Margaret Inokuma, Laurel Nomura, and Vernon Maino are employees of Becton Dickinson Biosciences, affiliated to Biological Research & Development, BD Biosciences, San Jose, CA, USA. Lyoplates used in this study are a customised marketed product by BD. 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: FON FV PDM SH MI SM NA RRB. Performed the experiments: FV PDM SH EP MI. Analyzed the data: FON FV PDM JM ATP SH RRB NA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FON MI LN SM MHF GL AC VM. Wrote the paper: FON FV PDM SH RRB NA.