About the Authors

Julia Schumann

julia.schumann@vmf.uni-leipzig.de

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Alexander Leichtle

Current address: Laboratory Medicine and Hospital Pharmacy, Department of Hematology, Oncology, Infectiology, University Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine; Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Joachim Thiery

Affiliation Faculty of Medicine; Institute of Laboratory Medicine, Clinical Chemistry and Molecular Diagnostics, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Herbert Fuhrmann

Affiliation Faculty of Veterinary Medicine; Institute of Physiological Chemistry, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS AL JT HF. Performed the experiments: JS AL. Analyzed the data: JS AL HF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JS AL JT HF. Wrote the paper: JS AL JT HF.