About the Authors
- Maximilian Schmid
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Bianca Dufner
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Julius Dürk
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Konstanze Bedal
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Kristina Stricker
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Lukas Ali Prokoph
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Christoph Koch
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Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Anja K. Wege
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Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Henner Zirpel
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Affiliation Division of Immunology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institute, Langen, Germany
- Ger van Zandbergen
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Affiliations Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany, Institute of Immunology, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Rupert Ecker
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Affiliation TissueGnostics GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Bogdan Boghiu
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Affiliation TissueGnostics GmbH, Vienna, Austria
- Uwe Ritter
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* E-mail: Uwe.Ritter@klinik.uni-regensburg.de
Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
Competing Interests
Co-author Bogdan Boghiu is an employee of TissueGnostics GmbH (Vienna, Austria: [http://www.tissuegnostics.com]), a commercial company. Co-author Rupert Ecker is co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of TissueGnostics GmbH, as well as the co-inventor of the TissueFAXS Cytometry platform. The new algorithms described in the manuscript were developed together with TissueGnostics GmbH, and the company provided antibodies and reagents for this study. TissueGnostics GmbH sells Image- and Tissue-Cytometers including advanced image analysis software applications. There are no patents, commercial products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS UR. Performed the experiments: MS BD JD KB KS LAP CK HZ GVZ. Analyzed the data: MS RE BB UR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS UR RE. Wrote the paper: MS UR AKW.