About the Authors
- Francesca Diane M. Liu
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Affiliations Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Elisabeth E. Kenngott
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Affiliation Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Micha F. Schröter
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Affiliation Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Anja Kühl
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Affiliation Research Center ImmunoSciences (RCIS), Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Silke Jennrich
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Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Ralf Watzlawick
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Ute Hoffmann
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Affiliation Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Thorsten Wolff
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Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
- Stephen Norley
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Affiliation Robert Koch-Institut, Berlin, Germany
- Alexander Scheffold
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Affiliation Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Jason S. Stumhofer
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Affiliation Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, United States of America
- Christiaan J. M. Saris
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Affiliation Department of Inflammation Research, Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, California, United States of America
- Jan M. Schwab
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Neurology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Christopher A. Hunter
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Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Gudrun F. Debes
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Affiliation Department of Pathobiology, University of Pennsylvania School of Veterinary Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Alf Hamann
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* E-mail: hamann@drfz.de
Affiliation Deutsches Rheuma-Forschungszentrum and Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
CJMS is a former employee of Amgen Inc. This does not alter our adherence to all PLOS Pathogens policies on sharing data and materials. The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FDML UH AS CJMS JMS CAH GFD AH. Performed the experiments: FDML EEK MFS AK SJ RW SN. Analyzed the data: FDML AK EEK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TW AS JSS CJMS CAH. Wrote the paper: FDML AH GFD.