About the Authors

Andrea Bähr

a.baehr@gen.vetmed.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center and Department of Veterinary Sciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Tobias Käser

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Elisabeth Kemter

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center and Department of Veterinary Sciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Wilhelm Gerner

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Mayuko Kurome

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center and Department of Veterinary Sciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Wiebke Baars

Affiliation Transplant Laboratory, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Nadja Herbach

Affiliation Institute of Veterinary Pathology, Center for Clinical Veterinary Medicine, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Kirsti Witter

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Annegret Wünsch

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center and Department of Veterinary Sciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Stephanie C. Talker

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Barbara Kessler

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center and Department of Veterinary Sciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Hiroshi Nagashima

Affiliation Meiji University International Institute for Bio-Resource Research, Kawasaki, Japan

Armin Saalmüller

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Department of Pathobiology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria

Reinhard Schwinzer

Affiliation Transplant Laboratory, Medizinische Hochschule Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Eckhard Wolf

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center and Department of Veterinary Sciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Nikolai Klymiuk

Affiliation Chair for Molecular Animal Breeding and Biotechnology, Gene Center and Department of Veterinary Sciences, LMU Munich, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AB NK EW AS RS WG MK. Performed the experiments: AB NK WG TK WB MK BK NH EK KW AW ST. Analyzed the data: AB NK AS RS KW WG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HN. Wrote the paper: AB NK EW WG KW EK AS RS MK.