About the Authors

Fritz Ihler

fritz-ihler@gmx.net

Affiliations Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, IFBLMU - Integrated Center for Research and Treatment of Vertigo, Balance and Ocular Motor Disorders, University of Munich Hospital, Munich, Germany, Department of ENT - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Göttingen Hospital, Göttingen, Germany

Elena Viviana Vetter

Affiliation Tumor Immunology Laboratory, LIFE Center, University of Munich Hospital, Munich, Germany

Jie Pan

Affiliations Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, University of Munich, Munich, Germany, Tumor Immunology Laboratory, LIFE Center, University of Munich Hospital, Munich, Germany

Robert Kammerer

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Friedrich Loeffler Institute, Tübingen, Germany

Svenja Debey-Pascher

Affiliation Genomics & Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Joachim L. Schultze

Affiliation Genomics & Immunoregulation, Life & Medical Sciences Institute (LIMES), University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Wolfgang Zimmermann

Contributed equally to this work with: Wolfgang Zimmermann, Georg Enders

Affiliation Tumor Immunology Laboratory, LIFE Center, University of Munich Hospital, Munich, Germany

Georg Enders

Contributed equally to this work with: Wolfgang Zimmermann, Georg Enders

Affiliation Walter Brendel Centre of Experimental Medicine, University of Munich, Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FI WZ GE. Performed the experiments: FI EVV JP RK SD JLS WZ GE. Analyzed the data: FI SD JLS WZ GE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FI RK SD JLS WZ GE. Wrote the paper: FI WZ GE.