About the Authors

Dorothea Adelheid Herter

Affiliation Medical School, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Robert Wagner

Affiliation Department for Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology and Angiology, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Friederike Holderried

Affiliation Office of the Dean, Medical School, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Yelena Fenik

Affiliation Medical School, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Reimer Riessen

Affiliation Medical Intensive Care Unit, Tuebingen, Germany

Peter Weyrich

Affiliation Department for Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology and Angiology, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Nora Celebi

Nora.Celebi@med.uni-tuebingen.de

Affiliation Department for Endocrinology, Diabetology, Nephrology and Angiology, University Hospital of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FH RR PW NC. Performed the experiments: DH YF. Analyzed the data: RW PW NC. Wrote the paper: DH PW NC.