About the Authors

Marianne Eisenhardt

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Andreas Glässner

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Benjamin Krämer

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Christian Körner

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Bernhard Sibbing

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Pavlos Kokordelis

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Hans Dieter Nischalke

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Tilman Sauerbruch

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Ulrich Spengler

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Jacob Nattermann

jacob.nattermann@ukb.uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: ME TS US JN. Performed the experiments: ME AG BK CK PK BS. Analyzed the data: ME HDN TS US JN. Wrote the paper: ME JN US TS.