About the Authors

Sven S. Liebler

Affiliations Vascular Signaling and Cancer (A270), German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, (DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis (CBTM), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Anja Feldner

Affiliation Vascular Signaling and Cancer (A270), German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, (DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance), Heidelberg, Germany

M. Gordian Adam

Affiliations Vascular Signaling and Cancer (A270), German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, (DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis (CBTM), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Thomas Korff

Affiliation Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Division of Cardiovascular Physiology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Hellmut G. Augustin

Affiliations Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis (CBTM), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, Division of Vascular Oncology and Metastasis (A190), German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg (DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance), Heidelberg, Germany

Andreas Fischer

a.fischer@dkfz.de

Affiliations Vascular Signaling and Cancer (A270), German Cancer Research Center Heidelberg, (DKFZ-ZMBH Alliance), Heidelberg, Germany, Department of Vascular Biology and Tumor Angiogenesis (CBTM), Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSL AF MGA TK HGA AF. Performed the experiments: SSL AF MGA AF. Analyzed the data: SSL AF MGA TK HGA AF. Wrote the paper: AF.