About the Authors

Katrin Högner

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC) and German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany

Thorsten Wolff

Affiliation Division of Influenza/Respiratory Viruses, Robert Koch-Institute, Berlin, Germany

Stephan Pleschka

Affiliation Institute of Medical Virology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany

Stephanie Plog

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Achim D. Gruber

Affiliation Department of Veterinary Pathology, Freie Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ulrich Kalinke

Affiliation Institute for Experimental Infection Research, Twincore Centre for Experimental and Clinical Infection Research, Hannover, Germany

Hans-Dieter Walmrath

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC) and German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany

Johannes Bodner

Affiliation Division of Thoracic Surgery, University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC) and German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany

Stefan Gattenlöhner

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC) and German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany

Peter Lewe-Schlosser

Affiliation Center for Radiation Therapy, University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC) and German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany

Mikhail Matrosovich

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany

Werner Seeger

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC) and German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany

Juergen Lohmeyer

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC) and German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany

Susanne Herold

Susanne.Herold@innere.med.uni-giessen.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Giessen Lung Center (UGLC) and German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Giessen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Herold, K. Hoegner, J. Lohmeyer, W. Seeger. Performed the experiments: K. Hoegner, S. Plog. Analyzed the data: S. Herold, J. Lohmeyer, A. Gruber. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H. Walmrath, U. Kalinke, M. Matrosovich, S. Gattenloehner, J. Bodner, P. Lewe-Schlosser. Wrote the paper: S. Herold, J. Lohmeyer, T. Wolff, S. Pleschka.