About the Authors

Jürgen Borlak

borlak@item.fraunhofer.de

Affiliations Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany, Center of Molecular Medicine and Medical Biotechnology and Center of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Monika Niehof

Affiliation Fraunhofer Institute of Toxicology and Experimental Medicine, Medical School of Hannover, Hannover, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB MN. Performed the experiments: JB MN. Analyzed the data: JB MN. Wrote the paper: JB MN.