About the Authors

Gerd Gladigau

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Philipp Haselmayer

Current address: Merck Serono, Darmstadt, Germany

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Inge Scharrer

Affiliation Third Department of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Markus Munder

Affiliation Third Department of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Nadine Prinz

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Karl Lackner

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Hansjörg Schild

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Pamela Stein

radsak@uni-mainz.de (MPR); pamela.stein@uni-mainz.de (PS)

Affiliation Institute of Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Markus P. Radsak

radsak@uni-mainz.de (MPR); pamela.stein@uni-mainz.de (PS)

Affiliations Institute of Immunology, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany, Third Department of Medicine, Johannes Gutenberg-University Medical Center, Mainz, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GG PH PS. Performed the experiments: GG PH. Analyzed the data: GG PH PS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NP KL HS. Wrote the paper: PS MPR. Provided suggestions and contributions to the design of the project: MM IS.