About the Authors

Bernhard Moser

bernhard.moser@meduniwien.ac.at

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Anna Megerle

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Christine Bekos

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Christian Doppler Laboratory for the Diagnosis and Regeneration of Cardiac and Thoracic Diseases, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Stefan Janik

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Tamás Szerafin

Affiliation Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary

Peter Birner

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Ana-Iris Schiefer

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Michael Mildner

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Irene Lang

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Nika Skoro-Sajer

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Roela Sadushi-Kolici

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Division of Cardiology, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Shahrokh Taghavi

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Walter Klepetko

Affiliation Department of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Hendrik Jan Ankersmit

Affiliations Department of Thoracic Surgery, Division of Surgery, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Christian Doppler Laboratory for the Diagnosis and Regeneration of Cardiac and Thoracic Diseases, Medical University Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BM. Performed the experiments: BM AM SJ TS CB PB AIS MM. Analyzed the data: BM AM CB SJ TS PB AIS MM IL RSK NSS ST WK HJA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BM TS PB AIS IL NSS ST WK HJA. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: BM AM CB SJ HJA.