About the Authors

Maj Rabjerg

mrabjerg@health.sdu.dk

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

Aida Oliván-Viguera

Affiliation Aragon Institute of Health Sciences I+CS/IIS, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

Lars Koch Hansen

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

Line Jensen

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

Linda Sevelsted-Møller

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

Steen Walter

Affiliation Department of Urology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

Boye L. Jensen

‡ These authors are shared senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

Niels Marcussen

‡ These authors are shared senior authors on this work.

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Odense University Hospital, DK-5000 Odense C, Denmark

Ralf Köhler

‡ These authors are shared senior authors on this work.

Affiliations Aragon Institute of Health Sciences I+CS/IIS, 50009 Zaragoza, Spain, Fundación Agencia Aragonesa para la Investigación y Desarrollo (ARAID), 50009 Zaragoza, Spain

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NM RK. BJ MR. Performed the experiments: MR AO LH RK LJ LM. Analyzed the data: MR AO RK LH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MR SW BJ RK NM. Wrote the paper: MR AO LH RK. Collected human patient material: SW BJ NM. Obtained permission for use of human patient material: SW BJ NM MR.