About the Authors

Nafisa-Katrin Seich al Basatena

Affiliation Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Aidan MacNamara

Affiliation Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Alison M. Vine

Affiliation Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Chloe L. Thio

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Jacquie Astemborski

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Koichiro Usuku

Affiliation Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Mitsuhiro Osame

Affiliation Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan

Gregory D. Kirk

Affiliation Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Sharyne M. Donfield

Affiliation Rho, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

James J. Goedert

Affiliation National Cancer Institute, Rockville, Maryland, United States of America

Charles R.M. Bangham

Affiliation Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Mary Carrington

Affiliations Cancer and Inflammation Program, Laboratory of Experimental Immunology, SAIC-Frederick, Inc., NCI-Frederick, Frederick, Maryland, United States of America, Ragon Institute of MGH, MIT and Harvard, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Salim I. Khakoo

Affiliation Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Becca Asquith

b.asquith@ic.ac.uk

Affiliation Imperial College, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BA. Performed the experiments: NKS AM BA. Analyzed the data: NKS BA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AMV CLT JA KU MO GDK SMD JJG MC SIK CRMB. Wrote the paper: BA NKS. Contributed to interpretation: BA NKS CRMB MC SIK.