About the Authors

Kimberley Kallsen

Affiliation Division of Innate Immunity, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Borstel, Germany

Ellen Andresen

Affiliation Division of Innate Immunity, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Borstel, Germany

Holger Heine

hheine@fz-borstel.de

Affiliation Division of Innate Immunity, Research Center Borstel, Airway Research Center North, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Borstel, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HH EA KK. Performed the experiments: KK EA. Analyzed the data: KK EA HH. Wrote the paper: KK HH.