About the Authors

Andreas Bergthaler

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

Nicolas U Gerber

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

Doron Merkler

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen, Germany

Edit Horvath

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

Juan Carlos de la Torre

Affiliation The Scripps Research Institute, Molecular Integrative Neuroscience Department (MIND) IMM-6, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Daniel D Pinschewer

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: pinschi@pathol.unizh.ch

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Immunology, Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

AB, NUG, DM, JCdlT, and DDP conceived and designed the experiments. AB, NUG, DM, EH, and DDP performed the experiments. AB, NUG, DM, and DDP analyzed the data. JCdlT contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools. DDP wrote the paper.