About the Authors

Isabelle Beck

Affiliation ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany

Susanne Jochner

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Ecoclimatology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

Stefanie Gilles

Affiliations ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany, Christine-Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK Care), Davos, Switzerland

Mareike McIntyre

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Jeroen T. M. Buters

Affiliation ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany

Carsten Schmidt-Weber

Affiliation ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany

Heidrun Behrendt

Affiliations ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany, Christine-Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK Care), Davos, Switzerland

Johannes Ring

Affiliation Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany

Annette Menzel

Affiliation Department of Ecology and Ecosystem Management, Ecoclimatology, Technische Universität München, Freising, Germany

Claudia Traidl-Hoffmann

claudia.traidl-hoffmann@lrz.tu-muenchen.de

Affiliations ZAUM – Center of Allergy & Environment, Member of the German Center for Lung Research (DZL), Technische Universität München/Helmholtz Center, Munich, Germany, Department of Dermatology and Allergy, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany, Christine-Kühne-Center for Allergy Research and Education (CK Care), Davos, Switzerland

Competing Interests

Bet v 1- specific antibodies MAK 2E10G6G7 and 4B10D10F8 were kindly provided by Allergopharma. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CTH AM. Performed the experiments: IB SG MM. Analyzed the data: IB SJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SJ JB CSW HB JR. Wrote the paper: IB HB SG CTH.