About the Authors

Julian Wachstein

Affiliation Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Sabine Tischer

Affiliation Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Constanca Figueiredo

Affiliations Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB-Tx), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Anne Limbourg

Affiliations Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB-Tx), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Christine Falk

Affiliations Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB-Tx), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Institute for Transplant Immunology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Stephan Immenschuh

Affiliation Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Rainer Blasczyk

Affiliations Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB-Tx), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Britta Eiz-Vesper

eiz-vesper.britta@mh-hannover.de

Affiliations Institute for Transfusion Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB-Tx), Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JW ST C. Falk AL C. Figueiredo SI BEV. Performed the experiments: JW ST C. Figueiredo BEV. Analyzed the data: JW ST SI RB BEV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL C. Falk. Wrote the paper: JW RB BEV.