About the Authors

Niko Braun

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Peter Fritz

Affiliation Margarete Fischer–Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

Christoph Ulmer

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Joerg Latus

Joerg.latus@rbk.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Martin Kimmel

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Dagmar Biegger

Affiliation Margarete Fischer–Bosch Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany

German Ott

Affiliation Department of Diagnostic Medicine, Division of Pathology, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Fabian Reimold

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany, Department of Internal Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Klaus-Peter Thon

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Juergen Dippon

Affiliation Department of Mathematics, University of Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany

Stephan Segerer

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland

M. Dominik Alscher

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Nephrology, Robert Bosch Hospital, Stuttgart, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JL NB CU MDA SS MK. Performed the experiments: DB KPT GO JL NB CU FR PF. Analyzed the data: JL NB CU PF DB SS FR GO JD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CU PF DB SS FR GO JL. Wrote the paper: JL NB PF MDA.