About the Authors

Min Ming

Current address: Institute for Applied Physiology, Ulm University, 89081, Ulm, Germany

Affiliation Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine (CIPMM), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany

Claudia Schirra

Affiliation Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine (CIPMM), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany

Ute Becherer

Affiliation Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine (CIPMM), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany

David R. Stevens

phdste@uks.eu

Affiliation Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine (CIPMM), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany

Jens Rettig

Affiliation Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine (CIPMM), Medical Faculty, Saarland University, 66421, Homburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JR DS. Performed the experiments: MM. Analyzed the data: MM DS CS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: UB DS. Wrote the paper: DS JR CS.