About the Authors

Diana N. Eissens

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine - Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Jan Spanholtz

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine - Laboratory of Hematology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Arnold van der Meer

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine - Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Bram van Cranenbroek

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine - Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Harry Dolstra

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine - Laboratory of Hematology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Jaap Kwekkeboom

Affiliation Laboratory of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus Medical Centre, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Frank W. M. B. Preijers

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine - Laboratory of Hematology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Irma Joosten

I.Joosten@labgk.umcn.nl

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine - Laboratory of Medical Immunology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DE JS AvdM IJ. Performed the experiments: DE JS BvC. Analyzed the data: DE JS BvC HD AvdM IJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JK FP. Wrote the paper: DE JS AvdM FP JK HD IJ.