About the Authors

Denise Rockstroh

Affiliations Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig, University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, Department of Women’s and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Kathrin Landgraf

Affiliations Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig, University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, Department of Women’s and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Isabel Viola Wagner

Affiliation Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig, University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, Department of Women’s and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Julia Gesing

Affiliation Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig, University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, Department of Women’s and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Roy Tauscher

Affiliation Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig, University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, Department of Women’s and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Nicole Lakowa

Affiliations Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Wieland Kiess

Affiliation Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig, University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, Department of Women’s and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Ulf Bühligen

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Magdalena Wojan

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Holger Till

Affiliations Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Surgery, Medical University Graz, Graz, Austria

Matthias Blüher

Affiliations Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Department of Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Antje Körner

antje.koerner@medizin.uni-leipzig.de (AK)

Affiliations Center for Pediatric Research Leipzig, University Hospital for Children & Adolescents, Department of Women’s and Child Health, University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany, Integrated Research and Treatment Center (IFB), University of Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AK DR KL. Performed the experiments: DR KL IVW JG RT NL UB MW HT. Analyzed the data: DR KL AK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UB MW HT MB. Wrote the paper: DR KL IVW JG WK UB MW HT AK.