About the Authors

David Wong

Affiliation University of Lübeck, Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, ISEF, Lübeck, Germany

Oliver Winter

Affiliation Charité - University Medicine Berlin, Department of Rheumatology and German Arthritis Research Center DRFZ, Berlin, Germany

Christina Hartig

Affiliation University of Lübeck, Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, ISEF, Lübeck, Germany

Svenja Siebels

Affiliation University of Lübeck, Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, ISEF, Lübeck, Germany

Martin Szyska

Affiliation University of Lübeck, Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, ISEF, Lübeck, Germany

Benjamin Tiburzy

Affiliation University of Lübeck, Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, ISEF, Lübeck, Germany

Lingzhang Meng

Affiliation University of Lübeck, Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, ISEF, Lübeck, Germany

Upasana Kulkarni

Affiliation University of Lübeck, Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, ISEF, Lübeck, Germany

Anke Fähnrich

Affiliation University of Lübeck, Institute for Anatomy, Lübeck, Germany

Kurt Bommert

Affiliation Comprehensive Cancer Centre Mainfranken, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Ralf Bargou

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Haematology and Medical Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Claudia Berek

Affiliation German Arthritis Research Center (DRFZ Berlin), Berlin, Germany

Van Trung Chu

Affiliation German Arthritis Research Center (DRFZ Berlin), Berlin, Germany

Bjarne Bogen

Affiliation Centre for Immune Regulation, Institute of Immunology, University of Oslo and Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

Franziska Jundt

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Haematology and Medical Oncology, University Hospital Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Rudolf Armin Manz

Rudolf.Manz@uksh.de

Affiliation University of Lübeck, Institute for Systemic Inflammation Research, ISEF, Lübeck, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DW FJ RAM KB. Performed the experiments: DW OW SS MS BT LM CH UK AF VTC. Analyzed the data: DW RAM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAM CB. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: DW RB CB BB RAM KB.