About the Authors
- Henning W. Zimmermann
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Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Sebastian Seidler
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Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Jacob Nattermann
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Affiliation Department of Medicine I, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany
- Nikolaus Gassler
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Affiliation Institute of Pathology, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Claus Hellerbrand
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Affiliation Department of Medicine I, University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany
- Alma Zernecke
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Affiliation Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Jens J. W. Tischendorf
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Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Tom Luedde
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Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Ralf Weiskirchen
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Christian Trautwein
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Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
- Frank Tacke
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* E-mail: frank.tacke@gmx.net
Affiliation Department of Medicine III, University Hospital Aachen, Aachen, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HWZ CT FT. Performed the experiments: HWZ SS NG. Analyzed the data: HWZ SS TL FT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JN NG CH AZ JJWT TL RW CT FT. Wrote the paper: HWZ FT.