About the Authors
- Sandra Geschka
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Affiliation Cardiology Research, Bayer HealthCare, Wuppertal, Germany
- Axel Kretschmer
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Affiliation Global Biomarker, Bayer HealthCare, Wuppertal, Germany
- Yuliya Sharkovska
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Affiliations Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité, Berlin, Germany
- Oleg V. Evgenov
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Affiliation Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Bettina Lawrenz
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Affiliation Pathology, Bayer HealthCare, Wuppertal, Germany
- Andreas Hucke
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Affiliation Cardiology Research, Bayer HealthCare, Wuppertal, Germany
- Berthold Hocher
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Affiliations Institute of Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Center for Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Charité, Berlin, Germany
- Johannes-Peter Stasch
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* E-mail: johannes-peter.stasch@bayer.com
Affiliations Cardiology Research, Bayer HealthCare, Wuppertal, Germany, Institute of Pharmacy, Martin Luther University, Halle, Germany
Competing Interests
JPS, AK, BL and JPS are full-time employees at Bayer HealthCare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. JPS is a co-inventor in several patent applications on sGC stimulators, including riociguat.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AK J-PS. Performed the experiments: AH AK YS BL J-PS. Analyzed the data: SG AK YS OVE BL BH J-PS. Wrote the paper: SG AK YS OVE BH J-PS.