About the Authors

Sya N. Ukena

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: Florian.Gunzer@tu-dresden.de

Affiliations Department of Mucosal Immunity, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany, Department of Haematology, Haemostaseology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Anurag Singh

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ulrike Dringenberg

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Regina Engelhardt

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Ursula Seidler

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Endocrinology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Wiebke Hansen

Affiliation Department of Mucosal Immunity, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

André Bleich

Affiliation Institute for Laboratory Animal Science and Central Animal Facility, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Dunja Bruder

Affiliation Immune Regulation Group, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Anke Franzke

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Haemostaseology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Gerhard Rogler

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterological and Hepatology Unit, University Hospital of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Sebastian Suerbaum

Affiliation Department of Haematology, Haemostaseology and Oncology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Jan Buer

Affiliation Institute of Medical Microbiology, University Hospital Essen, Essen, Germany

Florian Gunzer

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Institute for Medical Microbiology and Hygiene, Technology University (TU) Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Astrid M. Westendorf

Affiliation Department of Mucosal Immunity, Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, Braunschweig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SU US JB FG AW. Performed the experiments: SU AS UD RE AB. Analyzed the data: SU AW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS AF SU WH DB GR. Wrote the paper: SU FG AW.