About the Authors

Alexander H. Benz

Affiliations Institute of Pathology, Justus-Liebig-University, Giessen, Germany, Institute of Pathology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

Christoph Renné

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

Erik Maronde

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

Marco Koch

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

Urszula Grabiec

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Sonja Kallendrusch

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Leipzig University, Leipzig, Germany

Benjamin Rengstl

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

Sebastian Newrzela

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

Sylvia Hartmann

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

Martin-Leo Hansmann

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany

Faramarz Dehghani

faramarz.dehghani@medizin.uni-halle.de

Affiliations Institute of Anatomy, Goethe-University, Frankfurt, Germany, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Martin-Luther-University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AHB CR MLH FD. Performed the experiments: AHB EM MK UG SK BR SN. Analyzed the data: AHB CR MK EM UG FD. Wrote the paper: AHB FD. Analysed the tumours and assessed CB1 immunoreactivity: CR SH MLH.