About the Authors

Mia Kim

Affiliation Department of Surgery I, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Tanja Grimmig

Affiliation Department of Surgery I, Molecular Oncology and Immunology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Martin Grimm

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Plastic Surgery, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Maria Lazariotou

Affiliation Department of Surgery I, Molecular Oncology and Immunology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Eva Meier

Affiliation Department of Surgery I, Molecular Oncology and Immunology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Andreas Rosenwald

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Igor Tsaur

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Roman Blaheta

Affiliation Department of Urology, University of Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany

Uwe Heemann

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University of Munich, Klinikum rechts der Isar, Munich, Germany

Christoph-Thomas Germer

Affiliation Department of Surgery I, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Ana Maria Waaga-Gasser

Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Maria Waaga-Gasser, Martin Gasser

waaga-gasser@chirurgie.uni-wuerzburg.de

Affiliation Department of Surgery I, Molecular Oncology and Immunology, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Martin Gasser

Contributed equally to this work with: Ana Maria Waaga-Gasser, Martin Gasser

Affiliation Department of Surgery I, University of Wuerzburg, Wuerzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK TG MG ML AR EM IT RB UH CTG AMWG MG. Performed the experiments: MK TG ML MG EM. Analyzed the data: MK TG ML MG AR EM IT AMWG MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AR RB UH CTG AMWG MG. Wrote the paper: MK TG MG AMWG MG.