About the Authors

Christian Ulrich Huebbers

Contributed equally to this work with: Christian Ulrich Huebbers, Simon Florian Preuss

christian.huebbers@uni-koeln.de

Affiliation Jean-Uhrmacher-Institute for Otorhinolaryngological Research, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Simon Florian Preuss

Contributed equally to this work with: Christian Ulrich Huebbers, Simon Florian Preuss

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Jutta Kolligs

Affiliation Jean-Uhrmacher-Institute for Otorhinolaryngological Research, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Julia Vent

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Markus Stenner

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Ulrike Wieland

Affiliation Institute of Virology, National Reference Centre for Papilloma- and Polyomaviruses, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Steffi Silling

Affiliation Institute of Virology, National Reference Centre for Papilloma- and Polyomaviruses, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Uta Drebber

Affiliation Institute for Pathology, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Ernst-Jan M. Speel

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology, GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jens Peter Klussmann

These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery, University Hospital of Giessen, Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CUH SFP JK JV MS UD EJMS JPK UW SS. Performed the experiments: CUH JK EJMS UW SS. Analyzed the data: CUH SFP JK JV MS UD EJMS JPK UW SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CUH SFP JK JV MS UD EJMS JPK SS. Wrote the paper: CUH SFP JK JV MS UD EJMS JPK.