About the Authors

Mariana E. De Araujo

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Gertraud Erhart

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Katharina Buck

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Elisabeth Müller-Holzner

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Michael Hubalek

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Heidelinde Fiegl

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Daniele Campa

Affiliation Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Federico Canzian

Affiliation Genomic Epidemiology Group, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Ursula Eilber

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Jenny Chang-Claude

Affiliation Division of Cancer Epidemiology, German Cancer Research Centre (DKFZ), Heidelberg, Germany

Stefan Coassin

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Margot Haun

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Lyudmyla Kedenko

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Bernhard Paulweber

Affiliation First Department of Internal Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Roland Reitsamer

Affiliation Breast Center Salzburg, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Irmgard Himmel

Affiliation Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Hospital Meran, Meran, Italy

Dieter Flesch-Janys

Affiliation Department of Medical Biometrics and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany

Claudia Lamina

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Florian Kronenberg

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Lukas A. Huber

Affiliation Division of Cell Biology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Anita Kloss-Brandstätter

anita.kloss@i-med.ac.at

Affiliation Division of Genetic Epidemiology, Innsbruck Medical University, Innsbruck, Austria

Competing Interests

Anita Kloss-Brandstätter and Florian Kronenberg are PLOS ONE Editorial Board members. The study was financially supported by Tiroler-Landeskrankenanstalten-GmbH (TILAK). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDA GE FK LAH AKB. Performed the experiments: GE M. Haun. Analyzed the data: MDA KB DC FC JCC SC CL AKB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EMH M. Hubalek HF DC FC UE JCC LK BP RR IH DFJ FK LAH. Wrote the paper: MDA KB FC JCC FK AKB.