About the Authors

Benedikt Fritzsching

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Center for Child and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Jürgen Haas

Affiliation Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Fatima König

Affiliations Department of Neuropathology, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany, Department of Neuropathology, University Hospital, Giessen, Germany

Pierre Kunz

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Eva Fritzsching

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Center for Child and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Johannes Pöschl

Affiliation Department of Neonatology, Center for Child and Adolescent Medicine, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Peter H. Krammer

Affiliation Divison of Immunogenetics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Wolfgang Brück

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University Medical Center, Göttingen, Germany

Elisabeth Suri-Payer

Affiliation Divison of Immunogenetics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Brigitte Wildemann

brigitte.wildemann@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Division of Molecular Neuroimmunology, Department of Neurology, University Hospital of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BF JH ESP BW. Performed the experiments: BF JH FK PK. Analyzed the data: BF JH FK PK EF JP PHK WB ESP BW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BW FK WB PK PHK. Wrote the paper: BF JH BW ESP PHK WB FK EF PK JP.