About the Authors

Johannes J. Kovarik

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Internal Medicine III, Clinical Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Elisabeth Kernbauer

Affiliation Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Markus A. Hölzl

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Johannes Hofer

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department of Internal Medicine III, Clinical Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Guido A. Gualdoni

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Klaus G. Schmetterer

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Fitore Miftari

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Yury Sobanov

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Anastasia Meshcheryakova

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Diana Mechtcheriakova

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Nadine Witzeneder

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Georg Greiner

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Anna Ohradanova-Repic

Affiliation Institute of Hygiene and Applied Immunology, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Petra Waidhofer-Söllner

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Marcus D. Säemann

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine III, Clinical Division of Nephrology and Dialysis, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Decker

Affiliation Max F. Perutz Laboratories, Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Gerhard J. Zlabinger

gerhard.zlabinger@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: JJK GAG MDS TD GJZ. Data curation: JJK EK KGS AM DM AOR GJZ. Formal analysis: JJK EK GAG KGS AM DM AOR GJZ. Funding acquisition: DM AOR TD GJZ. Investigation: JJK EK MAH JH GAG KGS FM YS AM DM NW GG AOR PWS. Methodology: JJK EK GAG KGS DM TD GJZ. Project administration: JJK DM AOR TD GJZ. Resources: JJK EK MAH GAG KGS AM DM AOR TD GJZ. Supervision: DM MDS TD GJZ. Validation: JJK GAG KGS AM DM AOR TD GJZ. Visualization: JJK GAG AM DM AOR GJZ. Writing – original draft: JJK GAG DM GJZ. Writing – review & editing: JJK JH GAG KGS DM MDS TD GJZ.