About the Authors

Silke H. Raffegerst

silke.raffegerst@helmholtz-muenchen.de

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Immunology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany, Clinical Cooperation Group Immune Monitoring, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany

Gabriele Hoelzlwimmer

Current address: Roche Diagnostics, Pathology and Tissue Biomarker, Penzberg, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Sandra Kunder

Current address: Lovelace Respiratory Research Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Josef Mysliwietz

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Immunology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany

Leticia Quintanilla-Martinez

Current address: Institute of Pathology, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Dolores J. Schendel

Affiliations Institute of Molecular Immunology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany, Clinical Cooperation Group Immune Monitoring, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHR LQM DJS. Performed the experiments: SHR GH SK JM. Analyzed the data: SHR GH SK JM LQM DJS. Wrote the paper: SHR GH DJS.