About the Authors

Krisztián Papp

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, Diagnosticum Ltd., Budapest, Hungary

Péter Végh

Affiliation Diagnosticum Ltd., Budapest, Hungary

Renáta Hóbor

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Clinic Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

Zoltán Szittner

Affiliations Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, Diagnosticum Ltd., Budapest, Hungary

Zoltán Vokó

Affiliations Department of Health Policy and Health Economics, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary, Syreon Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary

János Podani

Affiliation Department of Plant Systematics, Ecology and Theoretical Biology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

László Czirják

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Clinic Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

József Prechl

jprechl@gmail.com

Affiliations Diagnosticum Ltd., Budapest, Hungary, Immunology Research Group of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Eötvös Loránd University and Hungarian Academy of Sciences owns a pending patent on antigen microarray-based complement activation measurements[MEASUREMENT OF COMPLEMENT ACTIVATION PRODUCTS ON ANTIGEN ARRAYS; US2010075864 (A1); The invention employs the functional complement system in the biological sample tested, thereby the information gained relates to antigen recognition properties and functional consequences in the organism from which the sample was taken and relies on the ability of antigen recognition molecules, primarily antibodies to activate the complement system in the sample tested, upon binding to elements of an antigen array.]. PV, ZS, KP and J. Prechl are employed by Diagnosticum Ltd, the company licensing rights of the mentioned patent. Diagnosticum Ltd develops serological assays utilizing the technology described by the patent. 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: J. Prechl LC. Performed the experiments: KP PV RH ZS. Analyzed the data: KP ZV J. Podani LC J. Prechl. Wrote the paper: KP J. Podani J. Prechl.