About the Authors

Andreas Schaefer

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Schaefer, Yvonne Schneeberger

and.schaefer@uke.de

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany

Yvonne Schneeberger

Contributed equally to this work with: Andreas Schaefer, Yvonne Schneeberger

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany

Justus Stenzig

Affiliations DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Daniel Biermann

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Marisa Jelinek

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Center for Experimental Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Hermann Reichenspurner

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University Heart Center Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany

Thomas Eschenhagen

Affiliations DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Experimental Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Heimo Ehmke

Affiliations DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Center for Experimental Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Alexander P. Schwoerer

Affiliations DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), Partner site Hamburg/Kiel/Lübeck, Hamburg, Germany, Department of Cellular and Integrative Physiology, Center for Experimental Medicine, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AS YS JS APS. Performed the experiments: AS YS. Analyzed the data: AS YS JS APS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS YS. Wrote the paper: AS YS. Substantial contributions to the conception of the work; the acquisition, analysis and interpretation of data for the work: DB MJ HR TE HE. Drafted the work and revised it critically for important intellectual content: DB MJ HR TE HE. Final approval of the version to be published: DB MJ HR TE HE. Agreement to be accountable for all aspects of the work in ensuring that questions related to the accuracy or integrity of any part of the work are appropriately investigated and resolved: AS YS JS APS DB MJ HR TE HE.