About the Authors

Margaret R. Dunne

dunnem12@tcd.ie

Affiliations Department of Immunology and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, National Children’s Research Centre, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland

Louise Elliott

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Seamus Hussey

Affiliations National Children’s Research Centre, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland, National Centre for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland

Nasir Mahmud

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Jacinta Kelly

Affiliation National Children’s Research Centre, Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, Dublin, Ireland

Derek G. Doherty

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Conleth F. Feighery

Affiliation Department of Immunology and Institute of Molecular Medicine, Trinity College Dublin, St James’s Hospital, Dublin, Ireland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MD. Performed the experiments: MD. Analyzed the data: MD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SH NM. Wrote the manuscript: MD. Helped with sample collection and processing: LE. Helped with application for ethical approval: SH JK. Helped devise experiments: DD CF JK. Edited paper: SH DD CF JK.