About the Authors

Joern W. Kuhbier

joernkuhbier@gmx.de

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Christina Allmeling

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Kerstin Reimers

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Anja Hillmer

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Cornelia Kasper

Affiliation Institute of Technical Chemistry, Leibniz University of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Bjoern Menger

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Gudrun Brandes

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology and Electron Microscopy, Center of Anatomy, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Merlin Guggenheim

Affiliation Division of Reconstructive Surgery, Department of Surgery, University Hospital Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland

Peter M. Vogt

Affiliation Department of Plastic, Hand and Reconstructive Surgery, Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWK. Performed the experiments: JWK CA AH BM. Analyzed the data: JWK CA KR AH BM GB MG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KR CK GB PV. Wrote the paper: JWK KR MG.