About the Authors

Christien Bednarski

Affiliations Institute for Cell and Gene Therapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Katja Tomczak

Affiliation Institute of Animal Physiology, Westphalian Wilhelms-University, Muenster, Germany

Beate vom Hövel

Affiliations Institute for Cell and Gene Therapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Wolf-Michael Weber

Affiliation Institute of Animal Physiology, Westphalian Wilhelms-University, Muenster, Germany

Toni Cathomen

toni.cathomen@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Affiliations Institute for Cell and Gene Therapy, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Center for Chronic Immunodeficiency, Medical Center–University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Competing Interests

TC is a consultant for Cellectis S.A. and TRACR Hematology Inc. These competing interests do not alter the author’s adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: CB TC. Data curation: TC. Formal analysis: CB KT. Funding acquisition: TC WMW. Investigation: CB KT. Methodology: CB BvH KT WMW. Project administration: TC. Resources: TC WMW. Software: CB KT. Supervision: TC WMW. Validation: CB KT. Writing - original draft: CB KT TC. Writing - review & editing: CB TC KT WMW.