About the Authors

Hendrik Suhling

suhling.hendrik@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Jessica Rademacher

Affiliation Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Imke Zinowsky

Affiliation Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Jan Fuge

Affiliation Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Mark Greer

Affiliation Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Gregor Warnecke

Affiliation Dept. of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Jacqueline M. Smits

Affiliation Eurotransplant International Foundation, Leiden, The Netherlands

Anna Bertram

Affiliation Dept. of Nephrology and Hypertension, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Axel Haverich

Affiliation Dept. of Cardiothoracic, Transplantation and Vascular Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Tobias Welte

Affiliation Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Jens Gottlieb

Affiliation Dept. of Respiratory Medicine, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS JF TW JG. Performed the experiments: HS JR IZ JF TW JG. Analyzed the data: HS JF JS JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS MG GW AB AH JG. Wrote the paper: HS JR MG AH TW JG. Designed the software for education: HS JG JF.