About the Authors

Edith E. Mueller

Contributed equally to this work with: Edith E. Mueller, Elena Schaier, Susanne M. Brunner

Affiliation Research Program for Receptor Biochemistry and Tumor Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Elena Schaier

Contributed equally to this work with: Edith E. Mueller, Elena Schaier, Susanne M. Brunner

Affiliation Research Program for Receptor Biochemistry and Tumor Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Susanne M. Brunner

Contributed equally to this work with: Edith E. Mueller, Elena Schaier, Susanne M. Brunner

Affiliation Research Program for Receptor Biochemistry and Tumor Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Waltraud Eder

Affiliation Research Program for Receptor Biochemistry and Tumor Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Johannes A. Mayr

Affiliation Research Program for Receptor Biochemistry and Tumor Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Stefan F. Egger

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Christian Nischler

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Hannes Oberkofler

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Herbert A. Reitsamer

Affiliation Department of Ophthalmology, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Wolfgang Patsch

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Wolfgang Sperl

Affiliation Research Program for Receptor Biochemistry and Tumor Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Barbara Kofler

b.kofler@salk.at

Affiliation Research Program for Receptor Biochemistry and Tumor Metabolism, Department of Pediatrics, Paracelsus Medical University, Salzburg, Austria

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SFE CN HO HAR WP WS BK. Performed the experiments: ES SMB. Analyzed the data: EEM ES SMB WE BK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SFE CN HO HAR WP. Wrote the paper: EEM BK. Provided technical support: JAM.