About the Authors

Stephanie Busch

StephanieBusch@web.de

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Aimo Kannt

Affiliation Sanofi Diabetes Research and Translational Medicine, Frankfurt, Germany

Matthias Kolibabka

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Andreas Schlotterer

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Qian Wang

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Jihong Lin

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Yuxi Feng

Affiliation Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Sigrid Hoffmann

Affiliation Medical Research Center, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Norbert Gretz

Affiliation Medical Research Center, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Hans-Peter Hammes

Affiliation 5th Medical Department, Medical Faculty Mannheim, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB AK QW YF HPH. Performed the experiments: SB MK QW. Analyzed the data: SB AK JL YF HPH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AK SH NG. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SB AK AS JL HPH.