About the Authors

Graeme J. M. Cowan

Contributed equally to this work with: Graeme J. M. Cowan, Ulrike Bockau

Affiliation Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Ulrike Bockau

Contributed equally to this work with: Graeme J. M. Cowan, Ulrike Bockau

Affiliation Cilian AG, Münster, Germany

Janna Eleni-Muus

Affiliation Cilian AG, Münster, Germany

Ingo Aldag

Affiliation Cilian AG, Münster, Germany

Kay Samuel

Affiliation Cell Therapy Group, Scottish National Blood Transfusion Service, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Alison M. Creasey

Affiliation Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Marcus W. W. Hartmann

Affiliation Cilian AG, Münster, Germany

David R. Cavanagh

david.cavanagh@ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Institute of Immunology and Infection Research, Centre for Immunity, Infection and Evolution, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

Ulrike Bockau, Janna Eleni-Muus, Ingo Aldag and Marcus WW Hartmann are employed by CILIAN AG. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GC UB DRC. Performed the experiments: GC UB JEM AMC KS IA. Analyzed the data: GC UB JEM AMC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GC UB AMC KS. Wrote the paper: GC UB MWWH DRC.