About the Authors

Christian Schmidt-Lauber

Affiliations Experimental Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Saliha Harrach

Affiliations Experimental Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Thomas Pap

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Meike Fischer

Affiliation Experimental Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Marion Victor

Affiliation Experimental Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Marianne Heitzmann

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Uwe Hansen

Affiliation Institute for Physiological Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Manfred Fobker

Affiliation Center of Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Stefan-Martin Brand

Affiliations Leibniz-Institute for Arteriosclerosis Research, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany, Molecular Genetics of Cardiovascular Disease, Institute of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Aleksandra Sindic

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Croatian Institute for Brain Research, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia

Hermann Pavenstädt

Affiliation Experimental Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Bayram Edemir

Affiliation Experimental Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Eberhard Schlatter

Affiliation Experimental Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Jessica Bertrand

Affiliation Institute of Experimental Musculoskeletal Medicine, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Giuliano Ciarimboli

gciari@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation Experimental Nephrology, Department of Internal Medicine D, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CSL SH TP ES HP SMB JB GC. Performed the experiments: CSL M. Fischer SH MH MV BE. Analyzed the data: CSL M. Fischer JB GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS MH UH M. Fobker BE. Wrote the paper: CSL JB GC.