About the Authors
- Abhiruchi Agarwal
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Affiliation Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Andreas Boettcher
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Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
- Rainer Kneuer
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Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
- Farid Sari-Sarraf
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Affiliation Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Adriana Donovan
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Affiliation Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Julian Woelcke
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Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
- Oliver Simic
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Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
- Trixi Brandl
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Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland
- Thomas Krucker
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* E-mail: thomas.krucker@novartis.com
Affiliations Novartis Institute of BioMedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America, Novartis Institutes of BioMedical Research, Emeryville, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors are, at present, or were during the time of their contribution to this manuscript, employed by Novartis Pharmaceuticals, under the umbrella of the Novartis Institutes for Biomedical Research (NIBR). As such, the authors all own stock in Novartis as part of their remuneration for employment. There are no competing interests as regards consultancies, patents or products in development or currently marketed. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AA TK. Performed the experiments: AA AB FS AD TK. Analyzed the data: AA FS AD JW TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AB RK OS TB. Wrote the paper: AA JW TK.