About the Authors

Michal J. Besser

Affiliations Ella Institute of Melanoma, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, GreenOnyx, Israel

Tsipi Shoham

Affiliation GreenOnyx, Tel Aviv, Israel

Orit Harari-Steinberg

Affiliations Ella Institute of Melanoma, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, Pediatric Stem Cell Research Institute, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Naama Zabari

Affiliations Ella Institute of Melanoma, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, GreenOnyx, Israel

Rona Ortenberg

Affiliations Ella Institute of Melanoma, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, GreenOnyx, Israel

Arkadi Yakirevitch

Affiliation Department of Otolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Arnon Nagler

Affiliation Division of Hematology, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Ron Loewenthal

Affiliation Tissue Typing Laboratory, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Jacob Schachter

Affiliation Ella Institute of Melanoma, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Gal Markel

markel@post.tau.ac.il

Affiliations Ella Institute of Melanoma, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel, Department of Clinical Microbiology and Immunology, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, GreenOnyx, Israel, Talpiot Medical Leadership Program, Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer, Israel

Competing Interests

GreenOnyx is a profit making company, but I can ensure you that this does not alter our adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJB TS OHS JS GM. Performed the experiments: MJB TS OHS NZ AY RO RL GM. Analyzed the data: MJB TS OHS NZ GM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJB RL AN JS GM. Wrote the paper: MJB TS GM.