About the Authors

Carolin Wippel

Affiliation DFG Membrane/Cytoskeleton Interaction Group, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology & Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Jana Maurer

Affiliation DFG Membrane/Cytoskeleton Interaction Group, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology & Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Christina Förtsch

Affiliation DFG Membrane/Cytoskeleton Interaction Group, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology & Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Sabrina Hupp

Affiliation DFG Membrane/Cytoskeleton Interaction Group, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology & Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Alexandra Bohl

Affiliation DFG Membrane/Cytoskeleton Interaction Group, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology & Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Jiangtao Ma

Affiliation Division of Infection and Immunity, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Timothy J. Mitchell

Affiliations Division of Infection and Immunity, Glasgow Biomedical Research Centre, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Chair of Microbial Infection and Immunity, School of Immunity and Infection, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Stephanie Bunkowski

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Wolfgang Brück

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Roland Nau

Affiliations Department of Neuropathology, Georg-August-University of Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, Department of Geriatrics, Evangelisches Krankenhaus Göttingen-Weende, Göttingen, Germany

Asparouh I. Iliev

iliev@toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliation DFG Membrane/Cytoskeleton Interaction Group, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology & Rudolf Virchow Center for Experimental Medicine, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: C. Wippel, T.J. Mitchell, W. Brueck, R. Nau, A.I. Iliev. Performed the experiments: C. Wippel, J. Maurer, C. Förtsch, S. Hupp, A. Bohl, J. Ma, S. Bunkowski, A.I. Iliev. Analyzed the data: C. Wippel, J. Maurer, A. Bohl, A.I. Iliev. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: J. Ma, T.J. Mitchell, S. Bunkowski, W. Brueck, R. Nau. Wrote the paper: C. Wippel, R. Nau, T.J. Mitchell, A.I. Iliev.