About the Authors

Karin Kannel

Affiliation West-Tallinn Central Hospital MS Centre, Tallinn, Estonia

Kristi Alnek

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia

Liina Vahter

Affiliations West-Tallinn Central Hospital MS Centre, Tallinn, Estonia, Institute of Psychology, Tallinn University, Tallinn, Estonia

Katrin Gross-Paju

Affiliations West-Tallinn Central Hospital MS Centre, Tallinn, Estonia, Institute of Clinical Medicine, Tallinn University of Technology, Tallinn, Estonia

Raivo Uibo

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia

Kalle V. Kisand

kalle.kisand@ut.ee

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute of Biomedicine and Translational Medicine, Tartu University, Tartu, Estonia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KK KGP RU KVK. Performed the experiments: KK KA LV KVK. Analyzed the data: KK KA LV KGP KVK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KGP RU. Wrote the paper: KK KA LV KGP RU KVK.