About the Authors

Michael A. Dengler

Affiliation Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany

Annette M. Staiger

Affiliation Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany

Matthias Gutekunst

Affiliation Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany

Ute Hofmann

Affiliation Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany

Malgorzata Doszczak

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Peter Scheurich

Affiliation Institute of Cell Biology and Immunology, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Matthias Schwab

Affiliations Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany, Institute of Experimental and Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Walter E. Aulitzky

Affiliation 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Oncology and Hematology, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Heiko van der Kuip

heiko.van-der-kuip@ikp-stuttgart.de

Affiliation Dr. Margarete Fischer-Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology and University of Tuebingen, Stuttgart, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MAD UH MS WEA HvdK. Performed the experiments: MAD AMS MG MD. Analyzed the data: MAD UH PS WEA HvdK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MAD PS MS. Wrote the paper: MAD WEA HvdK.