About the Authors

Claudia Maletzki

Affiliation Division of Molecular Oncology and Immunotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Saskia Stier

Affiliation Division of Molecular Oncology and Immunotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Ulrike Gruenert

Affiliation Division of Molecular Oncology and Immunotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Michael Gock

Affiliation Department of General, Thoracic, Vascular and Transplantation Surgery, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Christiane Ostwald

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Friedrich Prall

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Michael Linnebacher

michael.linnebacher@med.uni-rostock.de

Affiliation Division of Molecular Oncology and Immunotherapy, University of Rostock, Rostock, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CM ML. Performed the experiments: CM SS UG CO FP. Analyzed the data: CM SS UG CO FP MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM ML. Wrote the paper: CM FP MG ML.