About the Authors
- Hua Huang
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Affiliation Division of Vascular Medicine, Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
- Pirkko Koelle
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Affiliation Division of Vascular Medicine, Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
- Markus Fendler
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Affiliation Division of Vascular Medicine, Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
- Angelika Schroettle
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Affiliation Division of Vascular Medicine, Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
- Michael Czihal
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Affiliation Division of Vascular Medicine, Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
- Ulrich Hoffmann
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Affiliation Division of Vascular Medicine, Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
- Peter Jan Kuhlencordt
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* E-mail: peter.kuhlencordt@med.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation Division of Vascular Medicine, Medical Clinic and Policlinic IV, University Hospital Munich, Munich, Germany
Competing Interests
This work was supported by a grant from Merck, Sharp & Dhome and Essex Pharma GmbH to P.K. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: PJK. Performed the experiments: HH PK MF PJK. Analyzed the data: HH PK AS MC UH PJK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PJK. Wrote the paper: HH PK PJK.