About the Authors

Sarah Hochmann

Affiliation DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Jan Kaslin

Current address: Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia

Affiliation DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Stefan Hans

Affiliation DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Anke Weber

Affiliation DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Anja Machate

Affiliation DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Michaela Geffarth

Affiliation DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Richard H. W. Funk

Affiliation Medical Faculty Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Michael Brand

michael.brand@biotec.tu-dresden.de

Affiliation DFG-Center for Regenerative Therapies Dresden, Cluster of Excellence (CRTD), Biotechnology Center, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Hochmann MB. Performed the experiments: S. Hochmann AW AM MG. Analyzed the data: S. Hochmann AW JK MB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Hans RHWF. Wrote the paper: S. Hochmann JK S. Hans MB.