About the Authors

Michael Weber

Affiliation Institute for Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Corinna Lupp

Affiliation Institute for Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Pamela Stein

Affiliation Institute for Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Andreas Kreft

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Tobias Bopp

Affiliation Institute for Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Thomas C. Wehler

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Edgar Schmitt

Affiliation Institute for Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Hansjörg Schild

Affiliation Institute for Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Markus P. Radsak

radsak@uni-mainz.de

Affiliation Department Internal of Medicine III, University Medical Center, Johannes Gutenberg-University, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS MPR. Performed the experiments: MW CL PS AK. Analyzed the data: TCW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ES TB AK. Wrote the paper: HS MPR.