About the Authors

Martin Stöter

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Stöter, Marc Krüger

Current address: High-Throughput Technology Development Studio of the MPI-CBG, Dresden, Germany

Affiliation Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany

Marc Krüger

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Stöter, Marc Krüger

Affiliation Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany

George Banting

Affiliation School of Biochemistry, Medical Sciences Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

Doris Henne-Bruns

Affiliation Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany

Uwe Knippschild

uwe.knippschild@uniklinik-ulm.de

Affiliation Department of General and Visceral Surgery, Ulm University Hospital, Ulm, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MS UK GB. Performed the experiments: MS MK. Analyzed the data: MS MK UK GB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GB UK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MS MK UK DHB.