About the Authors

Monika Niehof

Affiliation Center of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany

Jürgen Borlak

borlak@item.fraunhofer.de

Affiliations Center of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology, Fraunhofer Institute for Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Hannover, Germany, Center of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MN JB. Performed the experiments: MN JB. Analyzed the data: MN JB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN JB. Wrote the paper: MN JB.