About the Authors

József Prechl

jprechl@diagnosticum.com

Affiliations Diagnosticum Zrt, Budapest, Hungary, MTA-ELTE Immunology Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Krisztián Papp

Affiliation MTA-ELTE Immunology Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Zoltán Hérincs

Affiliation Diagnosticum Zrt, Budapest, Hungary

Hajna Péterfy

Affiliation Diagnosticum Zrt, Budapest, Hungary

Veronika Lóránd

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Clinic Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

Zoltán Szittner

Affiliation MTA-ELTE Immunology Research Group, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary

Andone Estonba

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Paolo Rovero

Affiliation Department of NeuroFarBa, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Ilaria Paolini

Affiliation Toscana Biomarkers, Siena, Italy

Jokin del Amo

Affiliation Progenika Biopharma S.A., a Grifols Company, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Maria Uribarri

Affiliation Progenika Biopharma S.A., a Grifols Company, Derio, Bizkaia, Spain

Maria Claudia Alcaro

Affiliation Toscana Biomarkers, Siena, Italy

Otsanda Ruiz-Larrañaga

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Physical Anthropology and Animal Physiology, University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain

Paola Migliorini

Affiliation Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy

László Czirják

Affiliation Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, Clinic Center, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary

Competing Interests

József Prechl, Zoltán Hérincs and Hajna Péterfy are employed by Diagnosticum Zrt, Ilaria Paolini and Maria Claudia Alcaro by Toscana Biomarkers and Jokin Del Amo and Maria Uribarri by Progenika. Paolo Rovero and Paola Migliorini are shareholders of Toscana Biomarkers. József Prechl and Krisztián Papp are inventors of a patent for microarray-based monitoring of antigen specific complement activation (EP2047269B1), which is owned by Eötvös Loránd Unniversity and Hungarian Academy of Sciences and is licensed by Diagnosticum zrt. There are no further 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: PR IP MCA LC. Performed the experiments: KP ZH HP ZS AE PM. Analyzed the data: JP KP VL JDA MU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PR. Wrote the paper: JP ORL KP LC. Recruited patients: PM VL LC.