About the Authors

Ulla Sammer

Contributed equally to this work with: Ulla Sammer, Matthias Walter

Affiliation Neuro-Urology, Spinal Cord Injury Center and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland

Matthias Walter

Contributed equally to this work with: Ulla Sammer, Matthias Walter

Affiliation Neuro-Urology, Spinal Cord Injury Center and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland

Stephanie C. Knüpfer

Affiliation Neuro-Urology, Spinal Cord Injury Center and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland

Ulrich Mehnert

Affiliation Neuro-Urology, Spinal Cord Injury Center and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland

Beata Bode-Lesniewska

Affiliation Institute of Surgical Pathology, University of Zürich, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Thomas M. Kessler

tkessler@gmx.ch

Affiliation Neuro-Urology, Spinal Cord Injury Center and Research, University of Zürich, Balgrist University Hospital, Zürich, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: US MW TMK. Performed the experiments: US MW SK UM BBL TMK. Analyzed the data: US MW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: US MW. Wrote the paper: US MW TMK. Critical review of the manuscript: SK UM BBL TMK.