About the Authors

Bernhard Scheicher

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Cornelia Lorenzer

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Katrin Gegenbauer

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Julia Partlic

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Fritz Andreae

Affiliation piCHEM, Kahngasse 20, Graz, Austria

Alexander H. Kirsch

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 27, Graz, Austria

Alexander R. Rosenkranz

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Clinical Division of Nephrology, Medical University of Graz, Auenbruggerplatz 27, Graz, Austria

Oliver Werzer

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Andreas Zimmer

andreas.zimmer@uni-graz.at

Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Graz, Graz, Austria

Competing Interests

Dr. Fritz Andreae is the owner and CEO of piCHEM. piCHEM manufactured the peptides used in this study. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: FA AZ. Data curation: BS. Formal analysis: BS. Investigation: BS CL KG JP. Methodology: BS AHK OW. Project administration: AZ. Resources: ARR AHK OW AZ. Supervision: ARR AZ. Visualization: BS AZ. Writing – original draft: BS. Writing – review & editing: FA AZ.