About the Authors

Frank Ulrich Weiss

Affiliation University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Medicine A, Ferdinand Sauerbruch-Str., D-17475 Greifswald, Germany

Christoph Budde

Affiliation University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Medicine A, Ferdinand Sauerbruch-Str., D-17475 Greifswald, Germany

Markus M. Lerch

lerch@uni-greifswald.de

Affiliation University Medicine Greifswald, Department of Medicine A, Ferdinand Sauerbruch-Str., D-17475 Greifswald, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FUW. Performed the experiments: FUW CB. Analyzed the data: FUW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FUW MML. Wrote the paper: FUW MML.