About the Authors

Dominique Muschter

Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopedics, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, Center for Medical Biotechnology, BioPark I, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

Nicole Schäfer

Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopedics, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

Hubert Stangl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Neuroendocrine Immunology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

Rainer H. Straub

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Laboratory of Experimental Rheumatology and Neuroendocrine Immunology, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

Susanne Grässel

susanne.graessel@ukr.de

Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Experimental Orthopedics, University Hospital Regensburg, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany, Center for Medical Biotechnology, BioPark I, Regensburg, Bavaria, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SG RHS. Performed the experiments: DM NS HS. Analyzed the data: DM NS HS SG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SG. Wrote the paper: DM RHS SG.