About the Authors

Bettina Wanko

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Division of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Matteo Tardelli

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Medicine III, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Alexander Jürets

Roles Investigation

Current address: IMC University of Applied Sciences Krems, Department of Life Sciences, Krems, Austria

Affiliation Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Angelika Neuhofer

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Institute of Cancer Research, Department of Medicine I, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Affiliation Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Gerhard Prager

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

John Morser

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Division of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Lawrence L. Leung

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Division of Hematology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Veterans Affairs Palo Alto Health Care System, Palo Alto, California, United States of America

Günther Staffler

Roles Conceptualization

Affiliation AFFiRiS AG, Vienna, Austria

Maximilian Zeyda

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Current address: Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Clinical Division of Pediatric Pulmonology, Allergology and Endocrinology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Affiliation Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Thomas M. Stulnig

Roles Conceptualization, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

thomas.stulnig@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Clinical Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine III, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The author G. Staffler is employee of AFFiRiS AG. GS was involved in selecting the peptide antigens for the vaccines described in this manuscript and in vaccine design as well as in vaccine preparation. A patent protecting the antibodies mAb 9-3 and mAb 21-5 was filed (official patent number: PCT/EP2015/064701). AFFiRiS AG is a supporting member of the Christian Doppler Society. MZ and TMS received consultant honoraria from AFFiRiS AG. The authors confirm that the commercial affiliation of GS from AFFiRiS AG does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.