About the Authors

A. Görbe

Contributed equally to this work with: A. Görbe, A. Eder

aniko.gorbe@pharmahungary.com

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, Pharmahungary Group, Szeged, Hungary

A. Eder

Contributed equally to this work with: A. Görbe, A. Eder

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany

Z. V. Varga

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary

J. Pálóczi

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Group, Department of Biochemistry, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary, Pharmahungary Group, Szeged, Hungary

A. Hansen

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany

P. Ferdinandy

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Pharmacotherapy, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary, Pharmahungary Group, Szeged, Hungary

T. Eschenhagen

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Center, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

AG and JP are employees and PF is an owner of Pharmahungary Group. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AE AG PF AH TE. Performed the experiments: ZVV AE AG JP. Analyzed the data: AE AG JP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AG PF TE. Wrote the paper: AE AG JP PF AG ZVV AH.