About the Authors

Markus D. Schofer

Contributed equally to this work with: Markus D. Schofer, Philip P. Roessler

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Philip P. Roessler

Contributed equally to this work with: Markus D. Schofer, Philip P. Roessler

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Jan Schaefer

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Christina Theisen

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Sonja Schlimme

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Johannes T. Heverhagen

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Maximilian Voelker

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Radiology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Roland Dersch

Affiliation Department of Macromolecular Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Seema Agarwal

Affiliation Department of Macromolecular Chemistry, Philipps-University Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Susanne Fuchs-Winkelmann

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Jürgen R. J. Paletta

paletta@med.uni-marburg.de

Affiliation Department of Orthopedics and Rheumatology, University Hospital Marburg, Marburg, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MDS PPR JRJP. Performed the experiments: MDS PPR JS CT SS SFW. Analyzed the data: PPR JS JRJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JTH MV RD SA. Wrote the paper: PPR JRJP. Revised the manuscript: SFW.