About the Authors

Mehdi Shakibaei

mehdi.shakibaei@med.uni-muenchen.de

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Parviz Shayan

Affiliation Investigating Institute Molecular Biological System Transfer, Tehran, Iran

Franziska Busch

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Constance Aldinger

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Constanze Buhrmann

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Ludwig-Maximilian-University Munich, Munich, Germany

Cora Lueders

Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Laboratory for Tissue Engineering, German Heart Institute Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Ali Mobasheri

Affiliation Division of Veterinary Medicine, School of Veterinary Medicine and Science, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Sutton Bonington Campus, Sutton Bonington, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS PS AM. Performed the experiments: FB CA CL CB. Analyzed the data: PS AM MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AM PS MS. Wrote the paper: MS AM FB.