About the Authors

Congcong Zhang

Affiliation Institute for Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Saskia Helmsing

Affiliation Institute for Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Marta Zagrebelsky

Affiliation Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Thomas Schirrmann

Affiliation Institute for Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Andrea L. J. Marschall

Affiliation Institute for Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Manuela Schüngel

Affiliation Integrated Research and Treatment Center Transplantation, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Martin Korte

Affiliation Zoological Institute, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Michael Hust

Affiliation Institute for Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Stefan Dübel

s.duebel@tu-bs.de

Affiliation Institute for Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CZ SH MZ AM MS TS MH MK SD. Performed the experiments: CZ SH AM MS MH. Analyzed the data: CZ SH MZ AM MS TS MH MK SD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MZ MK. Wrote the paper: CZ AM MK SD.