About the Authors
- Anja Derer
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Bettina Groetsch
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Ulrike Harre
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Christina Böhm
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Jennifer Towne
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Affiliation Department of Inflammation Research, Amgen Inc., Longmont, Colorado, United States of America
- Georg Schett
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Silke Frey
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Contributed equally to this work with: Silke Frey, Axel J. Hueber
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
- Axel J. Hueber
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Contributed equally to this work with: Silke Frey, Axel J. Hueber
* E-mail: axel.hueber@uk-erlangen.de
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany
Competing Interests
Jennifer Towne is an employee of Amgen, Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AJH JT GS. Performed the experiments: AD BG UH CB. Analyzed the data: AD GS SF AJH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JT. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: AD SF AJH. Critically read, discussed, revised, and approved the final manuscript: AD BG UH CB JT GS SF AJH.