About the Authors

Johan M. Lorenzen

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Filippo Martino

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, Institute of Molecular and Translational Therapeutic Strategies (IMTTS), Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Irina Scheffner

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Verena Bröcker

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Holger Leitolf

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Hermann Haller

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Wilfried Gwinner

Gwinner.Wilfried@mh-hannover.de

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension, Hanover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JML WG. Performed the experiments: JML FM VB HL. Analyzed the data: JML WG IS HH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VB WG. Wrote the paper: JML WG.