About the Authors

Birgit Lohberger

birgit.lohberger@medunigraz.at

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Beate Rinner

Affiliation Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Nicole Stuendl

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Markus Absenger

Affiliation Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Bernadette Liegl-Atzwanger

Affiliation Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Sonja M. Walzer

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Reinhard Windhager

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Andreas Leithner

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BL BR SMW. Performed the experiments: BL BR NS MA. Analyzed the data: BL BR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BLA AL RW. Wrote the paper: BL.