About the Authors

Andreas Grahnert

Affiliation Institute of Immunology/Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Tina Richter

Affiliation Institute of Immunology/Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Daniel Piehler

Affiliation Institute of Immunology/Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Maria Eschke

Affiliation Institute of Immunology/Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Bianca Schulze

Affiliation Institute of Immunology/Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Uwe Müller

Affiliation Institute of Immunology/Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Martina Protschka

Affiliation Institute of Immunology/Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Gabriele Köhler

Affiliation Gerhard-Domagk-Institute of Pathology, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Robert Sabat

Affiliation Interdisciplinary Group of Molecular Immunopathology, Dermatology/Medical Immunology, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany

Frank Brombacher

Affiliation International Center for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB), Cape Town & Institute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine (IIDMM), University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

Gottfried Alber

alber@rz.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation Institute of Immunology/Molecular Pathogenesis, Center for Biotechnology and Biomedicine, College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AG TR GA. Performed the experiments: AG TR DP ME BS UM MP GK RS. Analyzed the data: AG TR GK RS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FB. Wrote the paper: AG FB GA.