About the Authors
- Theodora Kanni
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Contributed equally to this work with: Theodora Kanni, Vassiliki Tzanetakou
Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Vassiliki Tzanetakou
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Contributed equally to this work with: Theodora Kanni, Vassiliki Tzanetakou
Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Athina Savva
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Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Brigit Kersten
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center and Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Aikaterini Pistiki
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Affiliation 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece
- Frank L. van de Veerdonk
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center and Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Mihai G. Netea
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center and Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Jos W. van der Meer
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center and Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
- Evangelos J. Giamarellos-Bourboulis
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* E-mail: egiamarel@med.uoa.gr
Affiliations 4th Department of Internal Medicine, University of Athens, Medical School, Athens, Greece, Department of Internal Medicine, Radboud University Medical Center and Nijmegen Institute for Infection, Inflammation and Immunity (N4i), Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
EGB serves as an advisor for AbbVie SA. The other authors have no competing interests. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MGN JvdM EGB. Performed the experiments: TK VT AS BK AP FvdV. Analyzed the data: EGB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MGN EGB. Wrote the paper: TK VT JvdM EGB.