About the Authors

René Geyeregger

rene.geyeregger@ccri.at

Affiliation Department of Clinical Cell Biology and FACS Core Unit, Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Vienna, Austria

Christine Freimüller

Affiliation Department of Clinical Cell Biology and FACS Core Unit, Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Vienna, Austria

Stefan Stevanovic

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute for Cell Biology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Julia Stemberger

Affiliation Department of Clinical Cell Biology and FACS Core Unit, Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Vienna, Austria

Gabor Mester

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute for Cell Biology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Jasmin Dmytrus

Affiliation Department of Clinical Cell Biology and FACS Core Unit, Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Vienna, Austria

Thomas Lion

Affiliations Department Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Molecular Microbiology, Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Vienna, Austria

Hans-Georg Rammensee

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Institute for Cell Biology, Eberhard-Karls-Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Gottfried Fischer

Affiliation Department of Blood Group Serology and Transfusion Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Britta Eiz-Vesper

Affiliation Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Anita Lawitschka

Affiliations Department Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Susanne Matthes

Affiliations Department Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Stem Cell Transplantation, St. Anna Children's Hospital, Vienna, Austria

Gerhard Fritsch

Affiliations Department of Clinical Cell Biology and FACS Core Unit, Children's Cancer Research Institute (CCRI), Vienna, Austria, Department Pediatrics, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RG SS HGR G. Fritsch. Performed the experiments: RG CF SS JS GM JD. Analyzed the data: RG SS HGR G. Fritsch. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TL. Wrote the paper: RG. Provided RT-PCR data: G. Fischer. Provided data of HLA types: TL. Provided material and data of patients: SM AL. Assisted with manuscript writing: SS G. Fritsch JS SM BEV TL.