About the Authors

Josef Köck

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Christine Rösler

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Jing-Jing Zhang

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Hubert E. Blum

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Michael Nassal

christian.thoma@uniklinik-freiburg.de (CT); nassal2@ukl.uni-freiburg.de (MN)

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Christian Thoma

christian.thoma@uniklinik-freiburg.de (CT); nassal2@ukl.uni-freiburg.de (MN)

Affiliation Department of Medicine II, University Hospital of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JK MN CT. Performed the experiments: JK CR JJZ. Analyzed the data: JK HEB MN CT. Wrote the paper: JK MN CT.