About the Authors
- Lukasz Japtok
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Affiliation Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Institute of Nutritional Science, Department of Toxicology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
- Katrin Schaper
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Wolfgang Bäumer
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmacy, University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover, Hannover, Germany
- Heinfried H. Radeke
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Affiliation Pharmazentrum Frankfurt, Clinic of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University, Frankfurt/Main, Germany
- Se Kyoo Jeong
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Affiliation Neopharm Co., Ltd., Daejeon, South-Korea
- Burkhard Kleuser
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* E-mail: kleuser@uni-potsdam.de
Affiliation Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Science, Institute of Nutritional Science, Department of Toxicology, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Competing Interests
SKJ is employed by Neopharm Co. Ltd. Neopharm provided the Sphk-activator K6PC-5 for this study. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: LJ WB BK. Performed the experiments: LJ KS WB HHR BK. Analyzed the data: LJ WB HHR SKJ BK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WB HHR SKJ BK. Wrote the paper: LJ KS WB BK.