About the Authors

Marcin Cebula

Affiliation Model Systems for Infection and Immunity, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Aaron Ochel

Affiliation Model Systems for Infection and Immunity, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Upneet Hillebrand

Affiliation Model Systems for Infection and Immunity, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Marina C. Pils

Affiliation Mouse Pathology, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Reinhold Schirmbeck

Affiliation Internal medicine I, University Hospital Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Hansjörg Hauser

Affiliation Gene Regulation and Differentiation, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Dagmar Wirth

Dagmar.wirth@helmholtz-hzi.de

Affiliation Model Systems for Infection and Immunity, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DW HH. Performed the experiments: MC AO UH MP. Analyzed the data: MC AO UH MP DW RS. Wrote the manuscript: DW HH MC AO RS.