About the Authors
- Olaf Schultz
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II and Centre of Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Frank Oberhauser
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II and Centre of Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Jasemine Saech
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Andrea Rubbert-Roth
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Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Moritz Hahn
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Statistics, Informatics and Epidemiology, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Wilhelm Krone
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Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II and Centre of Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany, CECAD-Cluster of Excellence in Cellular Stress Responses in Aging Associated Diseases, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
- Matthias Laudes
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* E-mail: matthias.laudes@uk-koeln.de
Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II and Centre of Molecular Medicine Cologne, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Competing Interests
This study was supported by a grant from Chugai/Roche Pharmaceuticals to Matthias Laudes. This company distributes the drug tocilizumab. Matthias Laudes and Andrea Rubbert-Roth received lecture fees from the same company. The company does not alter the adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and material.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ML. Performed the experiments: OS FO JS. Analyzed the data: MH ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ARR. Wrote the paper: WK ML.