About the Authors

Michael Preukschas

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald-Tumorzentrum, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Christian Hagel

Affiliation Department of Neuropathology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Alexander Schulte

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Kristoffer Weber

Affiliation Research Department Cell and Gene Therapy, Clinic for Stem Cell Transplantation, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Katrin Lamszus

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Henning Sievert

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald-Tumorzentrum, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Nora Pällmann

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald-Tumorzentrum, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Carsten Bokemeyer

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald-Tumorzentrum, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Joachim Hauber

Affiliation Heinrich-Pette-Institute – Leibniz Institute for Experimental Virology, Hamburg, Germany

Melanie Braig

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald-Tumorzentrum, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Stefan Balabanov

stefan.balabanov@usz.ch

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Haematology and Bone Marrow Transplantation with Section Pneumology, Hubertus Wald-Tumorzentrum, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MP CH AS MB SB. Performed the experiments: MP CH KW. Analyzed the data: MP CH AS KL HS NP JH MB SB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH AS KL KW. Wrote the paper: MP CH AS KW CB SB.