About the Authors

Silviu Sbiera

Sbiera_S@ukw.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital Würzburg, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Marianna A. Tryfonidou

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Isabel Weigand

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital Würzburg, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Guy C. M. Grinwis

Affiliation Departement of Pathobiology, Veterinary Pathology Diagnostic Center, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Bart Broeckx

Affiliation Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Sabine Herterich

Affiliation Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Bruno Allolio

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital Würzburg, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Timo Deutschbein

Affiliation Clinical Chemistry and Laboratory Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Martin Fassnacht

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Fassnacht, Björn P. Meij

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine I, Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes, University Hospital Würzburg, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium, Comprehensive Cancer Center Mainfranken, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany

Björn P. Meij

Contributed equally to this work with: Martin Fassnacht, Björn P. Meij

Affiliation Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: SS MAT BA MF BPM. Data curation: SS MAT IW GCMG BB SH. Formal analysis: SS MAT GCMG BB SH. Funding acquisition: SS TD MF. Investigation: SS MAT IW GCMG BB SH. Methodology: MAT IW GCMG BB SH TD. Project administration: SS MAT MF BPM. Resources: MAT GCMG TD BPM. Software: SS IW. Supervision: SS MAT BA MF BPM. Validation: MAT IW GCMG BB SH TD. Visualization: SS IW GCMG SH. Writing – original draft: SS MAT BA MF BPM. Writing – review & editing: SS MAT IW GCMG TD MF BPM.