About the Authors

Franziska Roth-Walter

Affiliation Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University Vienna and University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Luis F. Pacios

Affiliation Biotechnology Department, Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Cristina Gomez-Casado

Affiliation Biotechnology Department, Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Gerlinde Hofstetter

Affiliation Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University Vienna and University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Georg A. Roth

Affiliation Department of Anesthesiology, General Intensive Care and Pain Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

Josef Singer

Affiliation Comparative Immunology and Oncology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Araceli Diaz-Perales

Affiliation Biotechnology Department, Center for Plant Biotechnology and Genomics, Technical University of Madrid, Madrid, Spain

Erika Jensen-Jarolim

Erika.jensen-jarolim@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliations Comparative Medicine, Messerli Research Institute of the University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Medical University Vienna and University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Comparative Immunology and Oncology, Department of Pathophysiology and Allergy Research, Center of Pathophysiology, Infectiology and Immunology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

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Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FRW. Performed the experiments: FRW CGC LFP GH JS. Analyzed the data: LFP FRW EJJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CGC ADP JS GAR EJJ LFP. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FRW EJJ ADP.