ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The study was funded in part personally by Dr. Ekşioğlu-Demiralp and, in part by Memorial Health Group. A special thank to Berna Altun, Damla Kılıç, Gamze Ensar and Gözde Akçin from Memorial Tissue Typing and Immunology Laboratory and Melek Yıldız from Department of Infectious Disease for their valuable contributions to the lab works and collecting patient information.