About the Authors

Wladimir Peters

petersw@uni-muenster.de

Affiliation Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Verena Drueppel

Affiliation Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Kristina Kusche-Vihrog

Affiliation Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Carola Schubert

Affiliation Institute of Gender in Medicine, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany

Hans Oberleithner

Affiliation Institute of Physiology II, University of Münster, Münster, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WP CS HO KK-V. Performed the experiments: WP. Analyzed the data: WP VD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS HO. Wrote the paper: WP KK-V VD. Revised the manuscript: HO KK-V VD CS.