About the Authors

Jérôme Robert

Affiliations Swiss Center for Regenerative Medicine, University and University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery and Department of Surgical Research, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zurich Centre of Integrated Human Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Benedikt Weber

Affiliations Swiss Center for Regenerative Medicine, University and University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery and Department of Surgical Research, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zurich Centre of Integrated Human Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Laura Frese

Affiliations Swiss Center for Regenerative Medicine, University and University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery and Department of Surgical Research, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Maximilian Y. Emmert

Affiliations Swiss Center for Regenerative Medicine, University and University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery and Department of Surgical Research, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Dörthe Schmidt

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Center, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Arnold von Eckardstein

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zurich Centre of Integrated Human Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Lucia Rohrer

Contributed equally to this work with: Lucia Rohrer, Simon P. Hoerstrup

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Chemistry, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zurich Centre of Integrated Human Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Simon P. Hoerstrup

Contributed equally to this work with: Lucia Rohrer, Simon P. Hoerstrup

simon_philipp.hoerstrup@usz.ch

Affiliations Swiss Center for Regenerative Medicine, University and University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Clinic for Cardiovascular Surgery and Department of Surgical Research, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland, Zurich Centre of Integrated Human Physiology, University of Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR DS AE LR SH. Performed the experiments: JR BW LF. Analyzed the data: JR LR AE SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JR ME. Wrote the paper: JR AE LR SH. Obtained permission for use umbilical cord: BW.