About the Authors

Helena Svensson

helena.svensson@microbio.gu.se

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Veronica Olofsson

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Samuel Lundin

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Chakradhar Yakkala

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Stellan Björck

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Lars Börjesson

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Bengt Gustavsson

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Institute of Clinical Sciences, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Marianne Quiding-Järbrink

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine, University of Gothenburg, Göteborg, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS MQJ. Performed the experiments: HS VO CY. Analyzed the data: HS VO MQJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SL SB LB BG. Wrote the paper: HS VO MQJ.