About the Authors

Gunnar Hedlund

gunnar.hedlund@activebiotech.com

Affiliation Active Biotech AB, Lund, Sweden

Helena Eriksson

Affiliation Active Biotech AB, Lund, Sweden

Anette Sundstedt

Affiliation Active Biotech AB, Lund, Sweden

Göran Forsberg

Affiliation Active Biotech AB, Lund, Sweden

Bent K. Jakobsen

Affiliation Immunocore Ltd., Oxon, United Kingdom

Nicholas Pumphrey

Affiliation Adaptimmune Ltd., Oxon, United Kingdom

Karin Rödström

Affiliation Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Karin Lindkvist-Petersson

Affiliation Experimental Medical Science, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Per Björk

Affiliation Active Biotech AB, Lund, Sweden

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests: GH, HE, AS, GF and PB are share holders and employees of Active Biotech AB. BKJ is an employee of Immunocore Ltd. and NP is an employee of Adaptimmune Ltd. This does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GH HE AS GF. Performed the experiments: HE AS PB. Analyzed the data: GH HE AS GF BJ NP KL KR PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HE BJ NP KL KR. Wrote the manuscript: GH HE AS NP KL PB.