Schnitter, Florian http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7583-4224
Stangl, Franziska
Noeske, Elisabeth
Bille, Maya
Stadtmüller, Anja
Vogt, Niklas
Sicklinger, Florian
Leuschner, Florian http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1157-474X
Frey, Anna http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2955-6753
Schreiber, Laura http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8827-1838
Frantz, Stefan http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0301-6185
Beyersdorf, Niklas http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9236-5415
Ramos, Gustavo http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9582-2725
Gladow, Nadine http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0919-6348
Hofmann, Ulrich http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3681-2073
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (413657723, 453989101, 453989101, 453989101, 453989101, 453989101, 453989101)
Interdisziplinäres Zentrum für Klinische Forschung, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg (E-298, E-298)
Universitätsklinikum Würzburg
Article History
Received: 23 April 2023
Revised: 30 January 2024
Accepted: 30 January 2024
First Online: 15 March 2024
Declarations
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: Non-financial interests: S.F. is consulting editor and F.L. member of the editorial board of Basic Research in Cardiology. Both receive no compensation for their respective positions. Beyond that, the authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: All animal experiments have been approved by the appropriate animal welfare authority (Regierung von Unterfranken, Würzburg, Germany; file number RUF-55.2.2-2532-2-1143-17 and Regierungspräsidium Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; file number A-8/18). They have been performed in accordance with the ethical standards laid down in the 1964 Declaration of Helsinki and its later amendments as well as with the Federation of European Laboratory Animal Science Associations (FELASA) guidelines. Digital light microscopic images of human tissue specimens routinely collected during autopsy were provided by the Institute of Pathology, University of Würzburg, Germany, in fully anonymized form for retrospective analysis. We consulted with the ethics committee of the University of Würzburg which confirmed that no ethical approval is required in this case.