About the Authors
- Peter U. Ardelt
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* E-mail: Peter.Ardelt@usb.ch
Affiliations Department of Urology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland, Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, Medical School, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Department of Urology, Bavarian Julius Maximilians-University Medical School, Würzburg, Germany
- Jan Ebbing
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Affiliation Department of Urology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Fabian Adams
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Affiliation Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, Medical School, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Cora Reiss
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Affiliation Center for Thrombosis and Hemostasis, Johannes Gutenberg University Medical Center Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Wadih Arap
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Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology and Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Renata Pasqualini
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Affiliation Division of Hematology/Oncology and Division of Molecular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico School of Medicine, Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States of America
- Alexander Bachmann
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Affiliation Department of Urology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland
- Ulrich Wetterauer
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Affiliation Department of Urology and Pediatric Urology, Medical School, Albert-Ludwigs-University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
- Hubertus Riedmiller
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Bavarian Julius Maximilians-University Medical School, Würzburg, Germany
- Burkhard Kneitz
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Bavarian Julius Maximilians-University Medical School, Würzburg, Germany
Competing Interests
This work was partly funded by an unrestricted research grant to the first author (P. A.) by medac, Germany. None of the authors was employed by medac, holds patents, products in development or marketed products by this company. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BK PA. Performed the experiments: PA CR. Analyzed the data: PA BK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WA RP FA HR. Wrote the paper: WA RP BK JE AB UW.