About the Authors

Anne Maria Wiencierz

Affiliation Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Manuel Kernbach

Affiliation Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Josephine Ecklebe

Current address: CECAD Research Center, Cologne, Germany

Affiliation Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Gustavo Monnerat

Current address: Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Affiliation Institute of Physiology I, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Stefan Tomiuk

Affiliation Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Alexandra Raulf

Current address: Bayer Pharma Aktiengesellschaft, Wuppertal, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Physiology I, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Peter Christalla

Current address: STADA Arzneimittel AG, Frankfurt, Germany

Affiliation Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Daniela Malan

Affiliation Institute of Physiology I, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Michael Hesse

Affiliation Institute of Physiology I, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Andreas Bosio

Affiliation Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Bernd K. Fleischmann

Affiliation Institute of Physiology I, Life and Brain Center, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Dominik Eckardt

dominike@miltenyibiotec.de

Affiliation Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Bergisch Gladbach, Germany

Competing Interests

A.M.W., M.K., J.E., S.T., P.C., A.B. and D.E. were employed by Miltenyi Biotec GmbH, Germany, which has filed a patent application based on this study. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AMW MH PC AB BKF DE. Performed the experiments: AMW MK JE GM AR DM. Analyzed the data: AMW MK GM ST AR MH PC AB BKF DE. Wrote the paper: AMW MH AR BKF AB DE.