About the Authors

Karin Tyralla

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Marcin Adamczak

Affiliations Department of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Nephrology, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Silesian University School of Medicine, Katowice, Poland

Kerstin Benz

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Valentina Campean

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Marie-Luise Gross

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Karl F. Hilgers

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine-Nephrology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Eberhard Ritz

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Kerstin Amann

kerstin.amann@uk-erlangen.de

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLG ER KA. Performed the experiments: KT MA. Analyzed the data: KT MA KB VC KFH KA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KB VC KFH. Wrote the paper: KB KFH ER KA.