About the Authors

Bastian Höchst

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Molecular Immunology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Julita Mikulec

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Tania Baccega

Affiliation Institute for Experimental Immunology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christina Metzger

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Meike Welz

Affiliation Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Julia Peusquens

Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Frank Tacke

Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany

Percy Knolle

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Molecular Immunology, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Christian Kurts

Affiliation Institute for Experimental Immunology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Linda Diehl

Contributed equally to this work with: Linda Diehl, Isis Ludwig-Portugall

li.diehl@uke.de (LD); Isis.Ludwig-Portugall@ukb.uni-bonn.de (ILP)

Affiliations Institute for Molecular Medicine, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Experimental Immunology and Hepatology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Isis Ludwig-Portugall

Contributed equally to this work with: Linda Diehl, Isis Ludwig-Portugall

li.diehl@uke.de (LD); Isis.Ludwig-Portugall@ukb.uni-bonn.de (ILP)

Affiliation Institute for Experimental Immunology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH LD ILP. Performed the experiments: BH JM TB CM MW JP LD ILP. Analyzed the data: BH JM TB LD ILP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FT PK CK. Wrote the paper: BH LD ILP.