About the Authors

Christopher Boehlke

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Fruzsina Kotsis

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Bjoern Buchholz

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany

Christian Powelske

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany

Kai-Uwe Eckardt

Affiliation Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Erlangen, Germany

Gerd Walz

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany, BIOSS Center for Biological Signaling Studies, Albert-Ludwig-University, Freiburg, Germany

Roland Nitschke

Affiliations BIOSS Center for Biological Signaling Studies, Albert-Ludwig-University, Freiburg, Germany, Life Imaging Center, Center for Biosystems Analysis, Albert-Ludwig-University, Freiburg, Germany

E. Wolfgang Kuehn

wolfgang.kuehn@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Affiliations Department of Nephrology, University Hospital, Freiburg, Germany, BIOSS Center for Biological Signaling Studies, Albert-Ludwig-University, Freiburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CB KUE RN GW EWK. Performed the experiments: CB FK BB CP. Analyzed the data: CB FK BB CP EWK. Wrote the paper: CB EWK.