About the Authors

Urs B. Hagemann

Contributed equally to this work with: Urs B. Hagemann, Lavinia Gunnarsson

Current address: Algeta/Bayer AS, Oslo, Norway

Affiliation Affitech Research AS, Oslo, Norway

Lavinia Gunnarsson

Contributed equally to this work with: Urs B. Hagemann, Lavinia Gunnarsson

Current address: Biochemistry Unit, School of Science and Technology, Örebro University, Örebro, Sweden

Affiliation Affitech Research AS, Oslo, Norway

Solène Géraudie

Current address: Radiumhospitalet, Oslo, Norway

Affiliation Affitech Research AS, Oslo, Norway

Ulrike Scheffler

Current address: ProBioGen AG, Berlin, Germany

Affiliation Affitech Research AS, Oslo, Norway

Remko A. Griep

Current address: AbCheck, Plzen, Czech Republic

Affiliation Affitech Research AS, Oslo, Norway

Herald Reiersen

Current address: Jiffy International AS, Aas, Norway

Affiliation Affitech Research AS, Oslo, Norway

Alexander R. Duncan

alex@actigen.com

Current address: Actigen Ltd, Cambridge, United Kingdom

Affiliation Affitech Research AS, Oslo, Norway

Sergej M. Kiprijanov

Current address: BerGenBio AS, Bergen, Norway

Affiliation Affitech Research AS, Oslo, Norway

Competing Interests

UBH is co-author of a patent, describing one of the antibodies in the entitled manuscript. The patent number is: WO2012/076883. LG is co-author of a patent, describing one of the antibodies in the entitled manuscript. The patent number is: WO2010/142952. SG has no competing interests. US has no competing interests. HR is co-author of a patent, describing one of the antibodies in the entitled manuscript. The patent number is: WO2012/076883. RAG is co-author of a patent, describing one of the antibodies in the entitled manuscript. The patent number is: WO2012/076883. ARD is managing director of Actigen Limited and current CSO of Affitech. He is not the author of any patents involved in the manuscript. SMK is co-author of two patents, describing the antibodies in the entitled manuscript. The patent numbers are: WO2010/142952 and WO2012/076883. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: UBH LG SG US HR RAG ARD SMK. Performed the experiments: UBH LG SG US HR RAG. Analyzed the data: UBH LG SMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: US RAG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SMK.