About the Authors

Mark op den Winkel

mark.op.den.winkel@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Dorothea Nagel

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Julia Sappl

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Philip op den Winkel

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Rolf Lamerz

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Christoph J. Zech

Affiliation Department of Clinical Radiology, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Gundula Straub

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Thomas Nickel

Affiliation Department of Medicine I, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Markus Rentsch

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Petra Stieber

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Burkhard Göke

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Frank T. Kolligs

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, Campus Grosshadern, University of Munich, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: modw dn js podw ftk. Performed the experiments: modw dn js podw gs. Analyzed the data: modw js dn podw rl ps bg ftk mr. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: modw dn ps tn gs cjz. Wrote the paper: modw dn ftk.