About the Authors
- Peter Karczewski
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* E-mail: karczewski@aak-diagnostik.de
Affiliation E.R.D.E.-AAK-Diagnostik GmbH, Berlin, Germany
- Andreas Pohlmann
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Affiliation Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Babette Wagenhaus
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Affiliation Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Natali Wisbrun
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Affiliation Animal Facilities, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Petra Hempel
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Affiliation E.R.D.E.-AAK-Diagnostik GmbH, Berlin, Germany
- Bernd Lemke
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Affiliation IT Department, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Rudolf Kunze
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Affiliation E.R.D.E. e.V., Berlin, Germany
- Thoralf Niendorf
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Affiliations Berlin Ultrahigh Field Facility (B.U.F.F.), Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany, Experimental and Clinical Research Center, a joint cooperation between the Charité Medical Faculty and the Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- Marion Bimmler
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Affiliation Autoimmunity and G Protein-Coupled Receptors, Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
Competing Interests
Dr. Kunze is employed by ERDE eV, a non-profit incorporated society. Dr. Karczewski and Dr. Hempel are employees of ERDE AAK-Diagnostik GmbH, a research enterprise. There is no product development or marketing of products by these companies. Both are authorized to acquire public research funds. Research work in particular of ERDE AAK-Diagnostik GmbH led to the formation of the research group Autoimmunity and G Protein-Coupled Receptors at the Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine headed by Dr. Bimmler who is executive director of ERDE AAK-Diagnostik GmbH and member of the executive board of ERDE eV. The European Community Grant No. 10145576 to Dr. Bimmler as research group leader supports a common research project of the Max Delbrueck Center for Molecular Medicine and of ERDE AAK-Diagnostik GmbH. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PK AP MB RK TN. Performed the experiments: PK AP BW NW PH. Analyzed the data: PK BL AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PK AP NW PH BL MB TN. Wrote the paper: PK AP NW.