About the Authors

Anna K. D. Schnitger

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Alzbeta Machova

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Roman Ulrich Mueller

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Ariadne Androulidaki

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Bernhard Schermer

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Manolis Pasparakis

Affiliation Institute of Genetics, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Martin Krönke

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Nikoletta Papadopoulou

nikol.papadopoulou@uni-koeln.de

Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NP. Performed the experiments: AKDS AM. Analyzed the data: AKDS RUM NP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA MP BS MK RM. Wrote the paper: NP.