About the Authors

Birgit Lohberger

birgit.lohberger@medunigraz.at

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Beate Rinner

Affiliation Center for Medical Research, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Nicole Stuendl

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Heike Kaltenegger

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Bibiane Steinecker-Frohnwieser

Affiliation Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Rehabilitation Internal Diseases, Saalfelden, Austria

Eva Bernhart

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Ehsan Bonyadi Rad

Affiliations Cancer Biology Unit, Department of Dermatology, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Department of Pediatric and Adolescence Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Annelie Martina Weinberg

Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria, Department of Pediatric and Adolescence Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Andreas Leithner

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Medical University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Rudolf Bauer

Affiliation Department of Pharmacognosy, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Karl-Franzens- University Graz, Graz, Austria

Nadine Kretschmer

Affiliation Department of Pharmacognosy, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Karl-Franzens- University Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BL BR NK. Performed the experiments: BL RB NS HK BSF EBR. Analyzed the data: BL BR NK RB EB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AL AW BSF RB. Wrote the paper: BL NK.