About the Authors

Thomas G. Berger

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Division of Dermatology, Tawam Hospital in affiliation with Johns Hopkins Medicine, Al Ain, United Arab Emirates

Hendrik Schulze-Koops

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Division of Rheumatology, Medizinische Poliklinik, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany

Michaela Schäfer

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Ester Müller

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany

Manfred B. Lutz

m.lutz@vim.uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliations Department of Dermatology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Institute for Virology and Immunobiology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TGB HSK MBL. Performed the experiments: TGB MS EM. Analyzed the data: TGB HSK MBL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HSK. Wrote the paper: MBL.