About the Authors

Andreas Billich

andreas.billich@novartis.com

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Thomas Baumruker

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Christian Beerli

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Marc Bigaud

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Christian Bruns

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Thomas Calzascia

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Andrea Isken

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Bernd Kinzel

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Erika Loetscher

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Barbara Metzler

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Matthias Mueller

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Barbara Nuesslein-Hildesheim

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Bernadette Kleylein-Sohn

Affiliation Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors wish to clarify that indeed all authors are employees of the Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research; there are no other relevant declarations to be added. 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: AB C. Bruns BK BK-S TB. Performed the experiments: AB AI BK-S BM BN-H C. Beerli EL MB MM TB TC. Analyzed the data: AB BK-S BM C. Beerli TC. Wrote the paper: AB TC BM BK.