About the Authors

Heike Monika Dettmann

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, University Children's Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Ying Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Nadine Wronna

Affiliation Deptartment of Electrophysiology, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany

Udo Kraushaar

Affiliation Deptartment of Electrophysiology, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany

Elke Guenther

Affiliation Deptartment of Electrophysiology, Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University Tuebingen, Reutlingen, Germany

Roland Mohr

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Peter Helmut Neckel

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Andreas Mack

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Joerg Fuchs

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, University Children's Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Lothar Just

Affiliation Institute of Anatomy, Center for Regenerative Biology and Medicine, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Florian Obermayr

florian.obermayr@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery and Pediatric Urology, University Children's Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interest exists.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FO HMD LJ EG UK JF. Performed the experiments: HMD FO AM PHN RM NW YZ. Analyzed the data: FO LJ HMD UK AM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FO EG AM LJ. Wrote the paper: FO HMD LJ UK.