About the Authors
- Gerit Theil
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* E-mail: Gerit.Theil@uk-halle.de
Affiliation Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Clinic of Urology and Transplantation, Ernst-Grube-Str.40, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
- Kersten Fischer
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Affiliation Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Clinic of Urology and Transplantation, Ernst-Grube-Str.40, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
- Ekkehard Weber
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Affiliation GILUPI-GmbH, Potsdam, Mühlenberg 11, Germany
- Rita Medek
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Affiliation Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Hollystr. 1, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
- Raschid Hoda
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Current address: Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Clinic of Urology, Ratzburger Allee 160, 23538, Lübeck, Germany
Affiliation Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Clinic of Urology and Transplantation, Ernst-Grube-Str.40, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
- Klaus Lücke
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Affiliation GILUPI-GmbH, Potsdam, Mühlenberg 11, Germany
- Paolo Fornara
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Affiliation Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Clinic of Urology and Transplantation, Ernst-Grube-Str.40, 06120, Halle/Saale, Germany
Competing Interests
EW and KL are paid employees of the GILUPI GmbH. The employees of the GILUPI GmBH had no role in data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GT KF EW RM RH PF. Performed the experiments: GT RM KF. Analyzed the data: GT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GT KF RH PF KL. Wrote the paper: GT KF PF.