About the Authors

Volker Gassling

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Jochen Hampe

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine I, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany, Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Yahya Açil

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Jan Hinrich Braesen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Jörg Wiltfang

Affiliation Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Robert Häsler

r.haesler@mucosa.de

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Molecular Biology, University Hospital of Schleswig-Holstein, Campus Kiel, Kiel, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VG JH JW RH. Performed the experiments: VG YA JHB RH. Analyzed the data: VG JH RH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VG YA JB JW RH. Wrote the paper: VG RH.