About the Authors

James A Traherne

Contributed equally to this work with: James A Traherne, Roger Horton, Anne N Roberts, Marcos M Miretti

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology Division, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Roger Horton

Contributed equally to this work with: James A Traherne, Roger Horton, Anne N Roberts, Marcos M Miretti

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Anne N Roberts

Contributed equally to this work with: James A Traherne, Roger Horton, Anne N Roberts, Marcos M Miretti

Affiliation Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Marcos M Miretti

Contributed equally to this work with: James A Traherne, Roger Horton, Anne N Roberts, Marcos M Miretti

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Matthew E Hurles

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

C. Andrew Stewart

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology Division, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jennifer L Ashurst

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Alexey M Atrazhev

Affiliation Alberta Diabetes Institute (ADI), Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Penny Coggill

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sophie Palmer

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jeff Almeida

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Sarah Sims

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Laurens G Wilming

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Jane Rogers

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Pieter J. de Jong

Affiliation Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute, Oakland, California, United States of America

Mary Carrington

Affiliation Basic Research Program, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., Laboratory of Genomic Diversity, National Cancer Institute, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America

John F Elliott

Affiliation Alberta Diabetes Institute (ADI), Department of Medical Microbiology and Immunology, Division of Dermatology and Cutaneous Sciences, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada

Stephen Sawcer

Affiliation Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Cambridge, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

John A Todd

Affiliation Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation/Wellcome Trust Diabetes and Inflammation Laboratory, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge, Wellcome Trust/MRC Building, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom

John Trowsdale

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Immunology Division, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Stephan Beck

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: beck@sanger.ac.uk

Affiliation Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

J. Rogers, P. J. de Jong, J. F. Elliott, S. Sawcer, J. A. Todd, J. Trowsdale, and S. Beck conceived and designed the experiments. J. A. Traherne, C. A. Stewart, A. M. Atrazhev, P. Coggill, S. Palmer, J. Almeida, S. Sims, and J. F. Elliott performed the experiments. J. A. Traherne, R. Horton, A. N. Roberts, M. M. Miretti, M. E. Hurles, C. A. Stewart, J. L. Ashurst, A. M. Atrazhev, P. Coggill, S. Palmer, J. Almeida, S. Sims, L. G. Wilming, J. Rogers, P. J. de Jong, J. F. Elliott, S. Sawcer, J. A. Todd, J. Trowsdale, and S. Beck analyzed the data. J. L. Ashurst, S. Palmer, J. Almeida, J. Rogers, P. J. de Jong, M. Carrington, J. F. Elliott, J. A. Todd, and S. Beck contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. J. A. Traherne, R. Horton, A. N. Roberts, M. M. Miretti, M. E. Hurles, C. A. Stewart, P. Coggill, P. J. de Jong, J. F. Elliott, S. Sawcer, J. A. Todd, J. Trowsdale, and S. Beck wrote the paper.