About the Authors

Verena Benz

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Mandy Bloch

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sami Wardat

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Christian Böhm

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Lukas Maurer

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Shokoufeh Mahmoodzadeh

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Gender in Medicine, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Petra Wiedmer

Affiliation Genetics of Metabolic and Reproductive Disorders, Max-Delbrueck-Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany

Joachim Spranger

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Diabetes, and Nutrition, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Anna Foryst-Ludwig

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ulrich Kintscher

ulrich.kintscher@charite.de

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology, Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VB MB AFL UK. Performed the experiments: VB MB CB SW LM AFL. Analyzed the data: VB MB AFL PW UK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM UK. Wrote the paper: VB UK. Discussed manuscript: MB SM LM PW JS AFL UK.