About the Authors

Katharina König

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Lydia Meder

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Cornelia Kröger

Affiliation Whitehead Institute of Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Linda Diehl

Affiliation Institutes of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Alexandra Florin

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Ursula Rommerscheidt-Fuss

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Philip Kahl

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Eva Wardelmann

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Thomas M. Magin

Affiliation Translational Centre for Regenerative Medicine and Institute of Biology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Reinhard Buettner

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Lukas C. Heukamp

lukas.heukamp@uk-koeln.de

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LCH TMM RB. Performed the experiments: KK LM CK LD AF UR EW PK. Analyzed the data: KK LCH RB EW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMM LCH. Wrote the paper: KK LCH RB LD.