About the Authors
- Mathias Streitz
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mathias Streitz, Lydia Tesfa
Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Immunologie der Charité, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Lydia Tesfa
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Contributed equally to this work with: Mathias Streitz, Lydia Tesfa
Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Immunologie der Charité, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Vedat Yildirim
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Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Immunologie der Charité, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Ali Yahyazadeh
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Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Immunologie der Charité, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Timo Ulrichs
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Affiliation Abteilung Immunologie, Max-Planck-Institut für Infektionsbiologie, Berlin, Germany
- Rodica Lenkei
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Affiliation Capio Diagnostik AB, St Görans Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Ali Quassem
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Affiliation Lungenklinik Lostau, Lostau, Germany
- Gerd Liebetrau
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Affiliation Lungenklinik Lostau, Lostau, Germany
- Laurel Nomura
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Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Jose, California, United States of America
- Holden Maecker
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Affiliation BD Biosciences, San Jose, California, United States of America
- Hans-Dieter Volk
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Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Immunologie der Charité, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Florian Kern
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*To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: f.kern@bsms.ac.uk
Affiliations Institut für Medizinische Immunologie der Charité, Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Division of Medicine, Brighton and Sussex Medical School, Brighton, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HV FK MS LT TU RL HM. Performed the experiments: FK MS LT VY AY. Analyzed the data: FK MS LT VY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FK RL AQ GL LN HM. Wrote the paper: HV FK MS LT TU LN. Other: Designed the study: FK. Patient recruitment, clinical assessment, grouping of patients: GL AQ. Wrote the first draft of the paper: FK.