About the Authors

Venkateswara Rao Simhadri

venkatsimhadri@googlemail.com (VRS); elke.pogge@uk-koeln.de (EPvS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Immune Therapy, Department of Internal Medicine I, Centre for Integrated Oncology Koeln Bonn, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Katrin S. Reiners

Affiliation Laboratory of Immune Therapy, Department of Internal Medicine I, Centre for Integrated Oncology Koeln Bonn, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Hinrich P. Hansen

Affiliation Laboratory of Immune Therapy, Department of Internal Medicine I, Centre for Integrated Oncology Koeln Bonn, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Daniela Topolar

Affiliation Laboratory of Immune Therapy, Department of Internal Medicine I, Centre for Integrated Oncology Koeln Bonn, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Vijaya Lakshmi Simhadri

Affiliation Laboratory of Immune Therapy, Department of Internal Medicine I, Centre for Integrated Oncology Koeln Bonn, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Klaus Nohroudi

Affiliation Institute for Anatomy-I, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Thomas A. Kufer

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Andreas Engert

Affiliation Laboratory of Immune Therapy, Department of Internal Medicine I, Centre for Integrated Oncology Koeln Bonn, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Elke Pogge von Strandmann

venkatsimhadri@googlemail.com (VRS); elke.pogge@uk-koeln.de (EPvS)

Affiliation Laboratory of Immune Therapy, Department of Internal Medicine I, Centre for Integrated Oncology Koeln Bonn, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VRS EPvS. Performed the experiments: VRS KSR VLS DT KN. Analyzed the data: VRS KSR VLS TAK EPvS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TAK HPH AE. Wrote the paper: VRS AE EPvS.