About the Authors

Jan M. Ehrchen

Contributed equally to this work with: Jan M. Ehrchen, Kirsten Roebrock

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, Department of Dermatology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, IZKF Münster, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Kirsten Roebrock

Contributed equally to this work with: Jan M. Ehrchen, Kirsten Roebrock

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, IZKF Münster, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Dirk Foell

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, IZKF Münster, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Nadine Nippe

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Esther von Stebut

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany

Johannes M. Weiss

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Niels-Arne Münck

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Dorothee Viemann

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, IZKF Münster, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, Department of Pediatrics, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Georg Varga

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Carsten Müller-Tidow

Affiliations IZKF Münster, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, Department of Medicine, Hematology and Oncology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Hans-Joachim Schuberth

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, University of Veterinary Medicine, Hannover, Germany

Johannes Roth

rothj@uni-muenster.de

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, IZKF Münster, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Cord Sunderkötter

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, Department of Dermatology, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany, IZKF Münster, University of Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JME KR CMT HJS JR CS. Performed the experiments: JME KR DF NN EvS JMW NAM DV GV. Analyzed the data: DF NN EvS JMW NAM DV GV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMT. Wrote the paper: JME KR HJS JR CS.