About the Authors

Benjamin Weber

Affiliation Division of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Steffen Schuster

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland

Daniel Zysset

Affiliation Division of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Silvia Rihs

Affiliation Division of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Nina Dickgreber

Affiliation Division of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Christian Schürch

Affiliations Division of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Carsten Riether

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Mark Siegrist

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Christoph Schneider

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Helga Pawelski

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Ursina Gurzeler

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Pascal Ziltener

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Vera Genitsch

Affiliation Division of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Fabienne Tacchini-Cottier

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Lausanne, Epalinges, Switzerland

Adrian Ochsenbein

Affiliations Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, Department of Medical Oncology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Willy Hofstetter

Affiliation Department of Clinical Research, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Manfred Kopf

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Health Sciences, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Thomas Kaufmann

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Annette Oxenius

Affiliation Institute of Microbiology, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Walter Reith

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Immunology, Centre Medical Universitaire, Geneva, Switzerland

Leslie Saurer

leslie.saurer@pathology.unibe.ch (LS); christoph.mueller@pathology.unibe.ch (CM)

Affiliation Division of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Christoph Mueller

leslie.saurer@pathology.unibe.ch (LS); christoph.mueller@pathology.unibe.ch (CM)

Affiliation Division of Experimental Pathology, Institute of Pathology, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW SS CSchü CR MS CSchn HP UG PZ FTC AOc WH MK TK AOx WR LS CM. Performed the experiments: BW SS DZ SR ND CSchü CR MS CSchn HP UG PZ. Analyzed the data: BW SS DZ ND CSchü CR MS CSchn HP UG PZ VG FTC AOc WH MK TK AOc WR LS CM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FTC WH MK TK AOc WR. Wrote the paper: LS CM. Obtained permission for use of the lentiviral Hoxb8 expression system and the CHO/mmSCF cells: TK.