About the Authors

Markus M. Heimesaat

markus.heimesaat@charite.de

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Silvia Boelke

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

André Fischer

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Lea-Maxie Haag

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Christoph Loddenkemper

Affiliation Department of Pathology/Research Center ImmunoSciences (RCIS), Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Anja A. Kühl

Affiliation Department of Pathology/Research Center ImmunoSciences (RCIS), Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ulf B. Göbel

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Stefan Bereswill

Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Hygiene, Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

Co-authors Stefan Bereswill and Markus M. Heimesaat are PLoS ONE Editorial Board members. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MMH AF SB UBG. Performed the experiments: MMH SB AF. Analyzed the data: MMH SB AF LMH AAK CL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL AAK UBG. Wrote the paper: MMH AF LMH CL AAK SB.