About the Authors

Peter Stachon

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter Stachon, Anna Missiou

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Anna Missiou

Contributed equally to this work with: Peter Stachon, Anna Missiou

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Faculty of Biology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Carina Walter

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Nerea Varo

Affiliation Department of Clinical Chemistry, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain

Christian Colberg

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Dennis Wolf

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Maike Buchner

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Constantin von zur Mühlen

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Katja Zirlik

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Christoph Bode

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Andreas Zirlik

andreas.zirlik@uniklinik-freiburg.de

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, Spemann Graduate School of Biology and Medicine (SGBM), University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS AM CvzM KZ CB AZ. Performed the experiments: PS AM CW CC DW MB. Analyzed the data: PS AM CW NV CC DW MB AZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PS AM CvzM KZ CB AZ. Wrote the paper: PS AM CW DW MB AZ.