About the Authors

Attila Végh

Contributed equally to this work with: Attila Végh, Anita Farkas

Affiliation ImmunoGenes Kft, Budakeszi, Hungary

Anita Farkas

Contributed equally to this work with: Attila Végh, Anita Farkas

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Dorottya Kövesdi

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Krisztián Papp

Affiliation Immunology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Judit Cervenak

Affiliation ImmunoGenes Kft, Budakeszi, Hungary

Zita Schneider

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Balázs Bender

Affiliation ImmunoGenes Kft, Budakeszi, Hungary

László Hiripi

Affiliation Agricultural Biotechnology Center, Gödöllő, Hungary

Glória László

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

József Prechl

Affiliation Immunology Research Group, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

János Matkó

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Imre Kacskovics

ikacsko@elte.hu

Affiliations ImmunoGenes Kft, Budakeszi, Hungary, Department of Immunology, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Dr. Végh, Dr. Cervenak and Dr. Bender are scientific researchers; Imre Kacskovics is co-founder and CEO of ImmunoGenes Ltd., Budakeszi, Hungary a company specialized in the generation of FcRn transgenic animals for the production of polyclonal and monoclonal antibodies (these animals are in development phase) (www.immunogenes.com). Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary and Agriculture Biotechnology Center, Gödöllő, Hungary have been granted a European patent for this technology (Method using a transgenic animal with enhanced immune response; EP2097444), and seek patent in other major markets. The technology has been licensed exclusively to ImmunoGenes Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LH JP JM IK. Performed the experiments: AV AF JC ZS BB. Analyzed the data: DK KP JC GL BB LH. Wrote the paper: IK.