About the Authors

Nicole R. Leitner

nicole.leitner@vetmeduni.ac.at (NRL); mathias.mueller@vetmeduni.ac.at (MM)

Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Caroline Lassnig

Affiliations Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria, University Center Biomodels Austria (BIAT), University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Rita Rom

Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Susanne Heider

Affiliations Clinical Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria

Zsuzsanna Bago-Horvath

Affiliations Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Clinical Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Robert Eferl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine I, Institute for Cancer Research, Comprehensive Cancer Center, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Simone Müller

Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Kolbe

Affiliations University Center Biomodels Austria (BIAT), University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Department IFA-Tulln, Biotechnology in Animal Production, University of Natural Resources and Applied Life Sciences, Tulln, Austria

Lukas Kenner

Affiliations Clinical Institute of Pathology, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Cancer Research, Vienna, Austria

Thomas Rülicke

Affiliation Institute of Laboratory Animal Science, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Birgit Strobl

Affiliation Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Mathias Müller

nicole.leitner@vetmeduni.ac.at (NRL); mathias.mueller@vetmeduni.ac.at (MM)

Affiliations Institute of Animal Breeding and Genetics, University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria, University Center Biomodels Austria (BIAT), University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna, Vienna, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM NRL. Performed the experiments: NRL CL RR SH ZBH LK. Analyzed the data: NRL CL RR SH ZBH LK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RE SM TK TR. Wrote the paper: NRL MM BS.