About the Authors

Martin Chopra

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Isabell Lang

Affiliation Division of Molecular Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany

Steffen Salzmann

Affiliation Division of Molecular Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany

Christina Pachel

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine I, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Sabrina Kraus

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Carina A. Bäuerlein

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Christian Brede

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Ana-Laura Jordán Garrote

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Katharina Mattenheimer

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Miriam Ritz

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Stefanie Schwinn

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Carolin Graf

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Viktoria Schäfer

Affiliation Division of Molecular Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany

Stefan Frantz

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine I, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Comprehensive Heart Failure Center, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Hermann Einsele

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany

Harald Wajant

Affiliation Division of Molecular Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany

Andreas Beilhack

beilhack_a@ukw.de

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Würzburg University Clinics, Würzburg, Germany, Center for Interdisciplinary Clinical Research, Würzburg University, Würzburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MC IL S. Salzmann CP SF HW AB. Performed the experiments: MC IL S. Salzmann CP SK CAB CB A-LJG KM MR S. Schwinn CG VS. Analyzed the data: MC IL S. Salzmann CP. Wrote the paper: MC CP SF HE HW AB.