About the Authors

Ursula Smole

Affiliations Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research; Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Christian Radauer

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research; Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Nina Lengger

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research; Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Martin Svoboda

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research; Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Neil Rigby

Affiliation Institute of Food Research, Norwich Research Park, Norwich, United Kingdom

Merima Bublin

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research; Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Sonja Gaier

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research; Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Karin Hoffmann-Sommergruber

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research; Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Erika Jensen-Jarolim

Affiliations Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research; Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Messerli Research Institute of the Medical University of Vienna, Veterinary University of Vienna and University of Vienna, Austria

Diana Mechtcheriakova

heimo.breiteneder@meduniwien.ac.at (HB); diana.mechtcheriakova@meduniwien.ac.at (DM)

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research; Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Heimo Breiteneder

heimo.breiteneder@meduniwien.ac.at (HB); diana.mechtcheriakova@meduniwien.ac.at (DM)

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research; Center for Pathophysiology, Infectiology, and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: US CR MB DM HB. Performed the experiments: US NL MS NR MB SG DM. Analyzed the data: US CR NR KHS EJJ DM HB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CR MS. Wrote the paper: US CR DM HB.