About the Authors

Adiba Isa

aisa@health.sdu.dk

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell Treatment, Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Jan O. Nehlin

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell Treatment, Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Hardee J. Sabir

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell Treatment, Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Tom E. Andersen

Affiliation Clinic for Molecular Endocrinology (KMEB), Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital and Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Michael Gaster

Affiliation Clinic for Molecular Endocrinology (KMEB), Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital and Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Moustapha Kassem

Affiliations Clinic for Molecular Endocrinology (KMEB), Department of Endocrinology, Odense University Hospital and Medical Biotechnology Center, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Stem Cell Unit, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

Torben Barington

Affiliation Center for Stem Cell Treatment, Department of Clinical Immunology, Odense University Hospital, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AI HJS TB. Performed the experiments: AI JON HJS TEA. Analyzed the data: AI JON HJS TEA TB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TEA MG MK. Wrote the paper: AI JON TB. Contributed with discussion: MG MK.