About the Authors

Elham Khanicheh

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Martina Mitterhuber

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Lifen Xu

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Stéphanie P. Haeuselmann

Affiliation Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Gabriela M. Kuster

Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Beat A. Kaufmann

kaufmannb@uhbs.ch

Affiliations Department of Biomedicine, University of Basel and University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Cardiology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EK GK BAK. Performed the experiments: EK MM LX SH BAK. Analyzed the data: EK LX SH BAK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK MM LX SH GK BAK. Wrote the paper: EK BAK.