About the Authors

Heiko F. Stahl

Contributed equally to this work with: Heiko F. Stahl, Tanja Fauti, Nina Ullrich, Tobias Bopp, Jan Kubach

Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Respiratory Diseases Research, Genomics Group, Biberach an der Riss, Germany

Tanja Fauti

Contributed equally to this work with: Heiko F. Stahl, Tanja Fauti, Nina Ullrich, Tobias Bopp, Jan Kubach

Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Respiratory Diseases Research, Genomics Group, Biberach an der Riss, Germany

Nina Ullrich

Contributed equally to this work with: Heiko F. Stahl, Tanja Fauti, Nina Ullrich, Tobias Bopp, Jan Kubach

Affiliation Johannes Gutenberg University, Institute of Immunology, Mainz, Germany

Tobias Bopp

Contributed equally to this work with: Heiko F. Stahl, Tanja Fauti, Nina Ullrich, Tobias Bopp, Jan Kubach

Affiliation Johannes Gutenberg University, Institute of Immunology, Mainz, Germany

Jan Kubach

Contributed equally to this work with: Heiko F. Stahl, Tanja Fauti, Nina Ullrich, Tobias Bopp, Jan Kubach

Affiliation Johannes Gutenberg University, Department of Dermatology, Mainz, Germany

Werner Rust

Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Respiratory Diseases Research, Genomics Group, Biberach an der Riss, Germany

Paul Labhart

Affiliation Genpathway Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Vassili Alexiadis

Affiliation Genpathway Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America

Christian Becker

Affiliation Johannes Gutenberg University, Department of Dermatology, Mainz, Germany

Mathias Hafner

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Cell Culture Technology, University of Applied Sciences, Mannheim, Germany

Andreas Weith

Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Respiratory Diseases Research, Genomics Group, Biberach an der Riss, Germany

Martin C. Lenter

Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Respiratory Diseases Research, Genomics Group, Biberach an der Riss, Germany

Helmut Jonuleit

Affiliation Johannes Gutenberg University, Department of Dermatology, Mainz, Germany

Edgar Schmitt

Affiliation Johannes Gutenberg University, Institute of Immunology, Mainz, Germany

Detlev Mennerich

detlev.mennerich@boehringer-ingelheim.com

Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Respiratory Diseases Research, Genomics Group, Biberach an der Riss, Germany

Competing Interests

HFS, TF, WR, AW, MCL, DM are employees of Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & CoKG. PL and VA are employees of Genpathway Inc. Both companies, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & CoKG and Genpathway Inc., were not involved in the decision to publish or preparation of the manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HFS TF NU TB CB MH AW MCL HJ ES DM. Performed the experiments: HFS TF NU TB WR PL VA DM. Analyzed the data: HFS TF NU TB PL VA DM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HFS TF NU TB JK WR ES DM. Wrote the paper: HFS TF NU TB PL DM.