About the Authors

Jutta Schröder-Braunstein

jutta.schroeder-braunstein@urz.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Judith Gras

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Benedikt Brors

Affiliation Division of Theoretical Bioinformatics, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Sonja Schwarz

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Timea Szikszai

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Anesthesiology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Felix Lasitschka

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Guido Wabnitz

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Antje Heidtmann

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Young-Seon Lee

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Serin Schiessling

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Christine Leowardi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Mohammed Al-Saeedi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Alexis Ulrich

Affiliation Department of Surgery, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Antonia Engelke

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Salem Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Johannes Winter

Affiliation Department of Surgery, St. Vincentius Hospital, Speyer, Germany

Yvonne Samstag

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Thomas Giese

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Stefan Meuer

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JSB JG S. Schwarz SM TG. Performed the experiments: JG AH TS S. Schiessling YSL S. Schwarz FL. Analyzed the data: JSB JG BB FL TG GW TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CL MAS AU AE JW. Wrote the paper: JSB JG SM. Review: GW YS SM BB FL TG.