About the Authors

Abdulaleem Alnajar

Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulaleem Alnajar, Carolin Nordhoff

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology, Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Carolin Nordhoff

Contributed equally to this work with: Abdulaleem Alnajar, Carolin Nordhoff

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology, Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Tanja Schied

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology, Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Ruth Chiquet-Ehrismann

Affiliations Friedrich Miescher Institute for Biomedical Research, Basel, Switzerland, Faculty of Science, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Karin Loser

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Thomas Vogl

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Stephan Ludwig

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology, Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Viktor Wixler

vwixler@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Virology, Centre for Molecular Biology of Inflammation (ZMBE), Westfaelische Wilhelms-University Muenster, Muenster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AA CN TS RCE KL TV SL VW. Performed the experiments: AA CN TS TV VW. Analyzed the data: AA CN TS RCE KL TV SL VW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA CN TS RCE KL TV SL VW. Wrote the manuscript: AA CN RCE KL TV SL VW.