About the Authors

Joost Smolders

j.smolders@mumc.nl

Affiliations School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Mariëlle Thewissen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Evelyn Peelen

Affiliations School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Paul Menheere

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert

Affiliations School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jan Damoiseaux

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Clinical and Experimental Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Raymond Hupperts

Affiliations School for Mental Health and Neuroscience, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Neurology, Orbis Medical Center, Sittard, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS MT PM JWCT JD RH. Performed the experiments: JS MT EP. Analyzed the data: JS MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PM JWCT JD RH. Wrote the paper: JS MT PM JWCT JD RH.