About the Authors

Sören V. Siegmund

soeren.siegmund@ukb.uni-bonn.de

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America, Dept. of Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Monika Schlosser

Affiliation Dept. of Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Frank A. Schildberg

Affiliation Institutes of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Ekihiro Seki

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Samuele De Minicis

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Hiroshi Uchinami

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Christian Kuntzen

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Percy A. Knolle

Affiliation Institutes of Molecular Medicine and Experimental Immunology, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christian P. Strassburg

Affiliation Dept. of Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Robert F. Schwabe

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University, College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SVS MS FAS ES SDM HU CK RFS. Performed the experiments: SVS MS FAS ES SDM HU CK RFS. Analyzed the data: SVS MS FAS ES SDM HU PAK CPS RFS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FAS PAK CPS RFS. Wrote the paper: SVS MS FAS PAK CPS RFS.