About the Authors
- Stefan Schülke
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* E-mail: stefan.schuelke@pei.de
Affiliation Division of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
- Sonja Wolfheimer
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Affiliation Division of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
- Gabriele Gadermaier
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Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Allergy Diagnosis and Therapy, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Andrea Wangorsch
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Affiliation Division of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
- Susanne Siebeneicher
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Affiliation Junior Research Group “Experimental Allergy Models”, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
- Peter Briza
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Affiliation Christian Doppler Laboratory for Allergy Diagnosis and Therapy, Department of Molecular Biology, University of Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
- Ingo Spreitzer
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
- Dirk Schiller
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Affiliation Division of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
- Bettina Loeschner
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Affiliation Division of Microbiology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
- Satoshi Uematsu
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Affiliation Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Bernard Ryffel
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Affiliation CNRS Department of Molecular and Experimental Immunology and Neurogenetics, Allergy and Lung Inflammation, University of Orléans, Orléans, Loiret département, France
- Shizuo Akira
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Affiliation Department of Host Defense, Research Institute for Microbial Diseases, Osaka University, Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
- Zoe Waibler
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Affiliation Junior Research Group “Novel vaccination strategies and early immune responses”, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
- Stefan Vieths
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Affiliation Division of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
- Masako Toda
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Affiliation Junior Research Group “Experimental Allergy Models”, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
- Stephan Scheurer
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Affiliation Division of Allergology, Paul-Ehrlich-Institut, Langen, Hessen, Germany
Competing Interests
The following activities of SV could be perceived as a potential conflict of interest concerning this manuscript: In the past five years SV has received speakers honorarium from Phadia (now Thermofisher Scientific), Uppsala, a honorarium for organising and chairing an educational seminar on food allergens from Fresenius Academy, Dortmund, honoraria for acting as expert reviewer for the Allergen Online Database of the Food Allergy Resource and Research Program, Lincoln NE, and consultancy fees by the Institute for Product Quality, Berlin In the past five years the Division of Allergology has received research grants from the German Research Foundation, the EU, the German Federal Ministry for Research and Education, Monsanto Company, and Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc with SV acting as principal investigator. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Schülke IS SV MT S. Scheurer. Performed the experiments: S. Schülke SW GG AW S. Siebeneicher PB BL. Analyzed the data: S. Schülke GG PB IS DS BL ZW SV MT S. Scheurer. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GG PB IS SU BR SA MT. Wrote the paper: S. Schülke S. Scheurer.