About the Authors

Frank Suhr

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany, The German Research Center of Elite Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Julian Brenig

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Rebecca Müller

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Hilke Behrens

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Wilhelm Bloch

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany, The German Research Center of Elite Sport, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Marijke Grau

m.grau@dshs-koeln.de

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Sports Medicine, German Sport University Cologne, Cologne, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FS MG WB. Performed the experiments: FS MG JB HB RM. Analyzed the data: FS MG JB RM HB. Wrote the paper: FS MG WB.