About the Authors

Sebastian Zundler

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine I, Regensburg University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany, Department of Medicine 1, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Kussmaul Campus for Medical Research & Translational Research Center, Erlangen, Germany

Massimiliano Caioni

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Regensburg University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany

Martina Müller

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Regensburg University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany

Ulrike Strauch

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Regensburg University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany

Claudia Kunst

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Regensburg University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany

Gisela Woelfel

gisela.woelfel@ukr.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Regensburg University Medical Center, Regensburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interets exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ GW. Performed the experiments: SZ MC. Analyzed the data: SZ CK GW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MM CK GW. Wrote the paper: SZ US MM CK GW.