About the Authors
- Martin Hennenberg
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Frank Strittmatter
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Christer Beckmann
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Beata Rutz
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Claudius Füllhase
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Raphaela Waidelich
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Francesco Montorsi
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Affiliation Urological Research Institute, University of San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- Petter Hedlund
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Affiliation Urological Research Institute, University of San Raffaele, Milan, Italy
- Karl-Erik Andersson
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Affiliation Wake Forest Institute for Regenerative Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America
- Christian G. Stief
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Christian Gratzke
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* E-mail: christian.gratzke@med.uni-muenchen.de
Affiliation Department of Urology, Ludwig-Maximilians University Munich, Munich, Germany
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. This study was supported by an unrestricted grant from Recordati Pharma (Milan, Italy). Silodosin was kindly provided by Recordati, and is a product marketed by Recordati Pharma. 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: MH FS CB BR CF RW FM PH KEA CGS CG. Performed the experiments: MH FS CB BR CF RW CGS CG. Analyzed the data: MH BR FM PH KEA CGS CG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH RW FM PH KEA CGS CG. Wrote the paper: MH FM PH KEA CGS CG.