About the Authors

Bernd Preininger

Affiliations Julius Wolff Institut and Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Orthopaedic Department, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Georg Duda

georg.duda@charite.de

Affiliations Julius Wolff Institut and Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Hinnerk Gerigk

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institut and Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Jonas Bruckner

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institut and Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Agnes Ellinghaus

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institut and Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

F. Andrea Sass

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institut and Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Carsten Perka

Affiliations Julius Wolff Institut and Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Orthopaedic Department, Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Katharina Schmidt-Bleek

Affiliation Julius Wolff Institut and Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Anke Dienelt

Affiliations Julius Wolff Institut and Center for Musculoskeletal Surgery, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany, Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, Charité – University Medicine Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BP AE CP GD KSB. Performed the experiments: BP AD HG JB AE KSB FAS. Analyzed the data: BP AD HG JB KSB FAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BP AD HG JB KSB AE. Wrote the paper: BP AD CP GD KSB.