About the Authors

Katharina Mandel

Affiliation Biochemistry and Tumor Biology Laboratory, Gynecology Research Unit, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University, Hannover, Germany

Daniel Seidl

Affiliations First Department of Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Dirk Rades

Affiliation Department of Radiation Oncology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Hendrik Lehnert

Affiliation First Department of Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Frank Gieseler

Affiliation First Department of Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Ralf Hass

Affiliation Biochemistry and Tumor Biology Laboratory, Gynecology Research Unit, Department of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Medical University, Hannover, Germany

Hendrik Ungefroren

hendrik.ungefroren@uksh.de

Affiliation First Department of Medicine, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein (UKSH), Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HU DR FG RH. Performed the experiments: KM DS HU. Analyzed the data: KM DS HU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RH HU FG. Wrote the paper: HU RH HL.