About the Authors

Pika Miklavc

Contributed equally to this work with: Pika Miklavc, Konstantin Ehinger

Affiliation Institute of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Konstantin Ehinger

Contributed equally to this work with: Pika Miklavc, Konstantin Ehinger

Affiliation Institute of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Kristin E. Thompson

Affiliation Institute of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Nina Hobi

Affiliations Institute of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany, Department of Physiology and Medical Physics, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Derya R. Shimshek

Affiliation Department of Autoimmunity/Transplantation/Inflammation-Neuroscience, Novartis Institutes for BioMedical Research, Basel, Switzerland

Manfred Frick

manfred.frick@uni-ulm.de

Affiliation Institute of General Physiology, University of Ulm, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: Derya R. Shimshek is an employee of Novartis Pharma AG. 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, as detailed online in the guide for authors. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PM DRS MF. Performed the experiments: PM KE KET NH MF. Analyzed the data: PM KE KET NH MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DRS. Wrote the paper: PM KE MF.