About the Authors
- Maria Kaparakis-Liaskos
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Current address: Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Affiliations Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia, Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Michelle D. Tate
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Affiliation Centre for Innate Immunity and Infectious Diseases, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
- Jason D. Price
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Current address: Lipotek Pty Ltd, Research School of Biology, The Australian National University, Acton, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Martin Pearse
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Affiliation CSL Ltd, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
- Odilia L. C. Wijburg
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* E-mail: odilia@unimelb.edu.au
Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Competing Interests
Dr Martin Pearse is employed by CSL Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products that work from this study will impact, therefore, Dr Pearse and CSL Ltd have no financial gain from this research. Furthermore, Dr Pearse’s, association with CSL has no impact on the design, analysis and interpretation of the data. Some of the findings reported in this manuscript were performed during Dr Kaparakis-Liaskos PhD studies, during which time Dr Pearse was an associate PhD supervisor. Hence, he is an author for his intellectual contribution to this study. The authors would like to emphasize that Dr Pearse’s employment by CSL does not alter the authors' adherence in any way to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing material.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MK-L MT JP MP OW. Performed the experiments: MK-L MT JP OW. Analyzed the data: MK-L MT JP OW. Wrote the paper: MK-L MT JP MP OW.