About the Authors
- Janina Mertens
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Contributed equally to this work with: Janina Mertens, Mario Fabri
Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Mario Fabri
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Contributed equally to this work with: Janina Mertens, Mario Fabri
Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Alessandra Zingarelli
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Torsten Kubacki
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Sonja Meemboor
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Laura Groneck
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Jens Seeger
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Martina Bessler
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Helena Hafke
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Margarete Odenthal
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Joan G. Bieler
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Immunopathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Christoph Kalka
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Affiliation Swiss Cardiovascular Center, Division of Vascular Medicine, Inselspital, Bern University Hospital, and University of Bern, Freiburgstrasse, Bern, Switzerland
- Jonathan P. Schneck
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Division of Immunopathology, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Hamid Kashkar
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Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
- Wiltrud M. Kalka-Moll
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* E-mail: wkalkamoll@labor-stein.de
Current address: MVZ Dr. Stein + Kollegen, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Affiliation Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne Medical Center, Köln, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JM MF AZ JS MO HK WMKM. Performed the experiments: JM AZ TK SM LG MB HH WMKM. Analyzed the data: JM MF AZ TK SM LG MB HH JGB JPS HK WMKM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPS. Wrote the paper: JM MF MO JGB CK HK WMKM.