About the Authors

Anna Lena Jung

Affiliation Institute for Lung Research, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Philipps-University Marburg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany

Cornelia Stoiber

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

Christina E. Herkt

Affiliation Institute for Lung Research, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Philipps-University Marburg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany

Christine Schulz

Affiliation Institute for Lung Research, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Philipps-University Marburg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany

Wilhelm Bertrams

Affiliation Institute for Lung Research, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Philipps-University Marburg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany

Bernd Schmeck

bernd.schmeck@uni-marburg.de

Affiliations Institute for Lung Research, Universities of Giessen and Marburg Lung Center, Philipps-University Marburg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany, Department of Medicine, Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University Medical Center Giessen and Marburg, Philipps-University, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Marburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ALJ CSt. Performed the experiments: ALJ CSt CEH. Analyzed the data: ALJ CSc WB BS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ALJ CSt CEH CSc WB BS. Wrote the paper: ALJ CSc WB BS.