About the Authors

Julia Etich

Affiliation Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Vera Bergmeier

Affiliation Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Christian Frie

Affiliation Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Sandra Kreft

Affiliation Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Lena Bengestrate

Affiliation Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Sabine Eming

Affiliations Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Cornelia Mauch

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Beate Eckes

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Hikmet Ulus

Affiliation Clinic for Paediatric Surgery, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Frances E. Lund

Affiliation Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Gunter Rappl

Affiliations Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Tumorgenetics, Department I of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Hinrich Abken

Affiliations Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Tumorgenetics, Department I of Internal Medicine, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Mats Paulsson

Affiliations Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging - Associated Diseases (CECAD), Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Bent Brachvogel

bent.brachvogel@uni-koeln.de

Affiliations Center for Biochemistry, Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, Center for Molecular Medicine Cologne (CMMC), Medical Faculty, University of Cologne, Cologne, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JE SE BB. Performed the experiments: JE VB CF SK LB GR. Analyzed the data: JE LB SE CM BB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CM BE HU FL HA MP. Wrote the paper: JE BB.