About the Authors

Miriam Wittmann

M.Wittmann@leeds.ac.uk

Affiliations Leeds Institute of Molecular Medicine, LMBRU LTHT, Division of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Disease, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, Centre for Skin Sciences, School of Life Sciences, University of Bradford, Bradford, United Kingdom

Rosella Doble

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom

Malte Bachmann

Affiliation Pharmazentrum Frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Josef Pfeilschifter

Affiliation Pharmazentrum Frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Thomas Werfel

Affiliation Division of Immunodermatology and Allergy Research, Department of Dermatology, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Heiko Mühl

Affiliation Pharmazentrum Frankfurt/ZAFES, University Hospital Goethe-University Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MW HM. Performed the experiments: MB RD. Analyzed the data: MW HM RD MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JP TW HM MW. Wrote the paper: MW HM RD TW.