About the Authors

Harry A. Noyes

Contributed equally to this work with: Harry A. Noyes, Mohammad H. Alimohammadian

Affiliation School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom

Mohammad H. Alimohammadian

Contributed equally to this work with: Harry A. Noyes, Mohammad H. Alimohammadian

Affiliation Immunology Department, Pasteur Institute of Iran, Tehran, Iran

Morris Agaba

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Andy Brass

Affiliations Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Helmut Fuchs

Affiliation GMC at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich/Neuherberg, Germany

Valerie Gailus-Durner

Affiliation GMC at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich/Neuherberg, Germany

Helen Hulme

Affiliation School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Fuad Iraqi

Current address: Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Stephen Kemp

Affiliations School of Biological Sciences, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom, International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Birgit Rathkolb

Affiliations GMC at the Helmholtz Zentrum München, Munich/Neuherberg, Germany, Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Eckard Wolf

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Martin Hrabé de Angelis

Affiliations Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany, Chair for Experimental Genetics, Center of Life and Food Science Weihenstephan, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

Delnaz Roshandel

Affiliation School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Jan Naessens

j.naessens@cgiar.org

Affiliation International Livestock Research Institute, Nairobi, Kenya

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HN AB HF VGD SK JN. Performed the experiments: MHA MA FI BR JN. Analyzed the data: HN AB HF HH BR EW MHdA DR JN. Wrote the paper: HN BR JN. Study design: HN HF VGD SK. Supervised challenges: HN. Drafted manuscript: HN. In vitro assays: MHA. Reviewed paper: MHA. Mouse challenges: MA FI. Laboratory supervision: HF. Revised manuscript: HF BR DR. Logistics: VGD. Primary analysis of microarray data: HH. Clinical chemistry data collection and interpretation: BR. Analysis and interpretation of clinical chemical results: EW. Result interpretation: MHdA. Data interpretation: DR.