About the Authors

Holger Schirutschke

Holger.Schirutschke@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Lars Gladrow

Affiliation Institute for Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Christian Norkus

Affiliation Institute for Mechanical Engineering, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Simon Paul Parmentier

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Bernd Hohenstein

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Christian P. M. Hugo

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine III, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus at the Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HS LG BH CH. Performed the experiments: HS LG CN. Analyzed the data: HS SP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS LG. Wrote the paper: HS BH CH.