Reinhardt, Julia
Dankbar, Berno
Geers, Fabienne
Werbenko, Eugenie
Geyer, Christiane
Bleckmann, Annalen
Menck, Kerstin https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8188-0163
Grözinger, Anne
Hartmann, Wolfgang https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7609-5021
Tio, Joke
Höltke, Carsten
Helfen, Anne
Lodberg, Andreas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9261-8753
Al-Qasemi, Rosa
Beckmann, Denise
Bödecker, Sarah
Kleimann, Simon
Wessendorf, Linda
Wawersig, Deniz
Pap, Thomas https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6514-0416
Wehmeyer, Corinna https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7136-2779
Funding for this research was provided by:
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DA 1143/6-1)
Article History
Received: 22 January 2025
Revised: 22 September 2025
Accepted: 24 October 2025
First Online: 17 November 2025
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: All methods were performed in accordance with the relevant guidelines and regulations. The ethics approval for human tissue and plasma samples from BC patients has been obtained by the Ethik-Kommission der Ärztekammer Westfalen-Lippe und Universität Muenster, Germany (file number 2020-797-f-S and 2020-172-b-S). Informed consent was obtained from all participants. All animal experiments were approved by the local authorities (Landesamt für Natur-, Umwelt- und Verbraucherschutz; LANUV; permits 84-02.04.2019.A184).