About the Authors

Brigitte Senechal

Affiliations INSERM, U838, Laboratory of Biology of the Mononuclear Phagocyte System, Necker Enfants Malades Institute, Paris, France , Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France

Gaelle Elain

Affiliations INSERM, U838, Laboratory of Biology of the Mononuclear Phagocyte System, Necker Enfants Malades Institute, Paris, France , Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France

Eric Jeziorski

Affiliations INSERM, U838, Laboratory of Biology of the Mononuclear Phagocyte System, Necker Enfants Malades Institute, Paris, France , Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France

Virginie Grondin

Affiliations INSERM, U838, Laboratory of Biology of the Mononuclear Phagocyte System, Necker Enfants Malades Institute, Paris, France , Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France

Natacha Patey-Mariaud de Serre

Affiliations INSERM, U838, Laboratory of Biology of the Mononuclear Phagocyte System, Necker Enfants Malades Institute, Paris, France , Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France , Department of Pathology, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades and Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Francis Jaubert

Affiliations INSERM, U838, Laboratory of Biology of the Mononuclear Phagocyte System, Necker Enfants Malades Institute, Paris, France , Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France , Department of Pathology, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades and Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Kheira Beldjord

Affiliations Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France , Department of Laboratory Medicine, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades and Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Arielle Lellouch

Affiliations Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France , Department of Pathology, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades and Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Christophe Glorion

Affiliations Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France , Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades and Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Michel Zerah

Affiliations Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France , Department of Neurosurgery, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades and Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Pierre Mary

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand Trousseau and Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Mohammed Barkaoui

Affiliation Delegation a la Recherche Clinique, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes, Nantes, France

Jean Francois Emile

Affiliation Laboratory of Pathology, Hôpital Ambroise-Paré and Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris Boulogne Billancourt, France

Liliane Boccon-Gibod

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand Trousseau, Paris, France

Patrice Josset

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Hôpital d'Enfants Armand Trousseau, Paris, France

Marianne Debré

Affiliation Immunology and Hematology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris and Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France

Alain Fischer

Affiliations Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France , Immunology and Hematology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris and Necker Enfants Malades Hospital, Paris, France

Jean Donadieu

Affiliation Department of Hematology, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris and Hôpital d'Enfants Armand Trousseau, Paris, France

Frederic Geissmann

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: geissman@necker.fr

Affiliations INSERM, U838, Laboratory of Biology of the Mononuclear Phagocyte System, Necker Enfants Malades Institute, Paris, France , Université Paris Descartes Medical School, Paris, France , Department of Pathology, Hôpital Necker Enfants Malades and Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

BS, JD, and FG conceived and wrote the initial study proposal and contributed substantially to conception and design of the research study. GE, EJ, VG, NP, FJ, KB, AL, CG, MZ, PM, JFE, LBG, PJ, and MD made substantial contributions to acquisition of data. BS, MB, JD, and FG performed data analysis and drafted the manuscript. EJ, NP, and AF participated in results interpretation and editing of the manuscript. All authors approved the final version of the manuscript.