About the Authors

Maya Fuerstenau-Sharp

Contributed equally to this work with: Maya Fuerstenau-Sharp, Martina E. Zimmermann

Current address: Sartorius Stedim Biotech GmbH, R&D Cell Culture Technologies, Göttingen, Germany

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Martina E. Zimmermann

Contributed equally to this work with: Maya Fuerstenau-Sharp, Martina E. Zimmermann

Current address: Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Klaus Stark

Affiliation Department of Genetic Epidemiology, Institute of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Nico Jentsch

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Melanie Klingenstein

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Marzena Drzymalski

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Stefan Wagner

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Lars S. Maier

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Ute Hehr

Affiliation Center for and Department of Human Genetics, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Andrea Baessler

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Marcus Fischer

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Christian Hengstenberg

Christian.hengstenberg@gmail.com

Current address: Deutsches Herzzentrum München, Technische Universität München, Munich, Germany; DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), partnersite Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany

‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Clinic for Internal Medicine II, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MFS MEZ KS SW CH. Performed the experiments: MFS MEZ NJ MK MD SW. Analyzed the data: MFS MEZ NJ MD SW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS LSM UH AB MF CH. Wrote the paper: MFS MEZ SW CH.