About the Authors

Moritz Kebschull

Affiliations Department of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Manuela Haupt

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Søren Jepsen

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

James Deschner

Affiliation Department of Periodontology, Operative and Preventive Dentistry, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Georg Nickenig

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Nikos Werner

nikos.werner@ukb.uni-bonn.de

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MK JD SJ GN NW. Performed the experiments: MK MH. Analyzed the data: MK MH NW. Wrote the paper: MK NW.