About the Authors

Karin Backteman

karin.backteman@lio.se

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden

Carina Andersson

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden

Lars-Göran Dahlin

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden

Jan Ernerudh

Affiliation Division of Clinical Immunology, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Department of Clinical Immunology and Transfusion Medicine, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden

Lena Jonasson

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Linköping University, Department of Cardiology, County Council of Östergötland, Linköping, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KB CA LGD JE LJ. Performed the experiments: KB CA. Analyzed the data: KB CA JE LJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB CA LGD JE LJ. Wrote the paper: KB JE LJ.