About the Authors

Theres Fagerberg

Contributed equally to this work with: Theres Fagerberg, Vincent Zoete

Affiliations Department of Oncology and Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge – Bâtiment Génopode, Lausanne, Switzerland

Vincent Zoete

Contributed equally to this work with: Theres Fagerberg, Vincent Zoete

Affiliation Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge – Bâtiment Génopode, Lausanne, Switzerland

Sebastien Viatte

Current address: Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom

Affiliations Department of Oncology and Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Molecular Oncology, Epalinges, Switzerland

Petra Baumgaertner

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Pedro M. Alves

Current address: Cancer Immunotherapeutics Business Unit, GlaxoSmithKline Vaccines, Rixensart, Belgium

Affiliations Department of Oncology and Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Molecular Oncology, Epalinges, Switzerland

Pedro Romero

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Daniel E. Speiser

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland

Olivier Michielin

Olivier.Michielin@isb-sib.ch

Affiliations Department of Oncology and Ludwig Center for Cancer Research, University of Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland, Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Quartier Sorge – Bâtiment Génopode, Lausanne, Switzerland, National Center of Competence in Research (NCCR) Molecular Oncology, Epalinges, Switzerland, Multidisciplinary Oncology Center, Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV), Lausanne, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared the receipt of funding from a commercial source: Novartis. The authors confirm that this does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The authors do not have any other relevant declarations relating to employment, consultancy, patents, products in development, or marketed products.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PR DES OM. Performed the experiments: TF VZ SV PB PMA. Analyzed the data: TF VZ SV PB PMA. Wrote the paper: TF VZ.