About the Authors

Darko Gosenca

Contributed equally to this work with: Darko Gosenca, Ute Gabriel

darko.gosenca1@medma.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Ute Gabriel

Contributed equally to this work with: Darko Gosenca, Ute Gabriel

Affiliation Department of Urology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Annette Steidler

Affiliation Department of Urology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Jens Mayer

Affiliation Department of Human Genetics, Center of Human and Molecular Biology, Medical Faculty, University of Saarland, Homburg, Germany

Olivia Diem

Affiliation Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Philipp Erben

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany, Department of Urology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Alice Fabarius

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Christine Leib-Mösch

Affiliations Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany, Institute of Virology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Neuherberg, Germany

Wolf-Karsten Hofmann

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Wolfgang Seifarth

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Mannheim Medical Center, University of Heidelberg, Mannheim, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DG AF WKH WS. Performed the experiments: DG UG AS JM OD. Analyzed the data: DG UG JM OD PE AF WS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AS JM. Wrote the paper: DG UG CLM WS. Final approval: DG UG AS JM OD PE AF CLM WKH WS.