About the Authors

Yang O. Zhao

Current address: Section of Infectious Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Affiliation Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Stephanie Könen-Waisman

Affiliation Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Gregory A. Taylor

Affiliations Departments of Medicine, Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, and Immunology, Division of Geriatrics and Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, VA Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina, United States of America

Sascha Martens

Current address: Max F. Perutz Laboratories, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Affiliation Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Jonathan C. Howard

j.howard@uni-koeln.de

Affiliation Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YOZ SM JCH. Performed the experiments: YOZ SKW. Analyzed the data: YOZ SKW GT SM JCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT. Wrote the paper: YOZ GT SM JCH.