About the Authors

Michael Kreinest

michael.kreinest@bgu-ludwigshafen.de

Current address: Department of Trauma Surgery and Orthopedic Surgery, BG Trauma Center Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen, Germany

Affiliations Department of Experimental Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany, Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Centre Homburg, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Gregor Reisig

Affiliation Department of Experimental Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Philipp Ströbel

Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Medical Centre Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Dietmar Dinter

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Ulrike Attenberger

Affiliation Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Peter Lipp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology, University Medical Centre Homburg, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany

Markus Schwarz

Affiliation Department of Experimental Orthopedics and Trauma Surgery, Medical Faculty Mannheim, Heidelberg University, Mannheim, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK GR MS. Performed the experiments: MK GR MS. Analyzed the data: MK GR PS DD UA PL MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK GR PS DD UA PL MS. Wrote the paper: MK GR PS DD MS.