About the Authors

Daniela Zaade

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR)/Institute of Pharmacology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Jennifer Schmitz

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR)/Institute of Pharmacology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Eileen Benke

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR)/Institute of Pharmacology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sabrina Klare

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR)/Institute of Pharmacology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Kerstin Seidel

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR)/Institute of Pharmacology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Sebastian Kirsch

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR)/Institute of Pharmacology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Petra Goldin-Lang

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR)/Institute of Pharmacology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Frank S. Zollmann

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR)/Institute of Pharmacology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Thomas Unger

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR)/Institute of Pharmacology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Heiko Funke-Kaiser

heikofunkekaiser@me.com

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Research (CCR)/Institute of Pharmacology, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HF-K DZ FSZ TU. Performed the experiments: DZ JS EB S. Klare KS S. Kirsch. Analyzed the data: DZ S. Klare PG-L HF-K. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS JS S. Kirsch PG-L. Wrote the paper: DZ HF-K FSZ TU.