About the Authors

Irena Auersperger

Affiliation Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Branko Škof

Affiliation Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Bojan Leskošek

Affiliation Faculty of Sport, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Bojan Knap

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Aleš Jerin

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Biochemistry, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Mitja Lainscak

mitja.lainscak@guest.arnes.si

Affiliations Division of Cardiology, University Clinic Golnik, Golnik, Slovenia, Applied Cachexia Research, Department of Cardiology, Charité, Campus Virchow-Klinikum, Berlin, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IA BS. Performed the experiments: IA BS BL BK AJ. Analyzed the data: IA BS BL ML. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: IA BS AJ. Wrote the paper: IA BS BL BK AJ ML.