About the Authors

Constanze Jonak

constanze.jonak@meduniwien.ac.at (CJ); johannes.schmid@meduniwien.ac.at (JAS)

Affiliations Division of General Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Karl Landsteiner Institute for Dermatological Research, Landesklinikum St. Pölten, St. Pölten, Austria

Hans Skvara

Affiliation Division of Immunology, Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Rainer Kunstfeld

Affiliation Division of General Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Franz Trautinger

Affiliation Karl Landsteiner Institute for Dermatological Research, Landesklinikum St. Pölten, St. Pölten, Austria

Johannes A. Schmid

constanze.jonak@meduniwien.ac.at (CJ); johannes.schmid@meduniwien.ac.at (JAS)

Affiliation Department of Vascular Biology and Thrombosis Research, Center for Physiology and Pharmacology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Pulsion Medical Systems provided some of the fluorescent dye for free. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The Austrian Federal Reserve Bank, is a public institution in Austria providing funding for research without any commercial interests or any potentially biasing relation to the authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CJ JAS HS FT. Performed the experiments: CJ JAS. Analyzed the data: CJ JAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CJ JAS RK. Wrote the paper: CJ JAS.