About the Authors

Selina Kern

Affiliations Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Shruti Agarwal

Affiliation Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Kilian Huber

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy – Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, Germany

André P. Gehring

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy – Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, Germany

Benjamin Strödke

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy – Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, Germany

Christine C. Wirth

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Thomas Brügl

Affiliation Research Center for Infectious Diseases, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Liliane Onambele Abodo

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Thomas Dandekar

Affiliation Bioinformatics, Biocenter, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Christian Doerig

Affiliations INSERM U609, Global Health Institute, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland, Department of Microbiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Rainer Fischer

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Andrew B. Tobin

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Mahmood M. Alam

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology and Pharmacology, MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Franz Bracher

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy – Center for Drug Research, Ludwig-Maximillians University, Munich, Germany

Gabriele Pradel

gabriele.pradel@molbiotech.rwth-aachen.de

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

Competing Interests

Corresponding author Gabriele Pradel is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CD RF ABT FB GP. Performed the experiments: SK SA TB CCW LOA MMA. Analyzed the data: TD MMA GP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KH APG BS FB. Wrote the paper: SK GP.