Schinke, Christian https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0199-9672
Maierhof, Smilla K.
Hew, Lois https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0183-8177
Fernandez Vallone, Valeria
Frahm, Silke https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5645-2557
Telugu, Narasimha Swamy
Diecke, Sebastian
Ivanov, Andranik
Kovács, Richard
Beule, Dieter
Kirchner, Marieluise https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7049-534X
Mertins, Philipp https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2245-528X
Brüning, Ulrike
Kirwan, Jennifer A. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5423-1651
Stachelscheid, Harald https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9283-4605
Endres, Matthias https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6520-3720
Huehnchen, Petra https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6825-7270
Boehmerle, Wolfgang https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7195-3894
Funding for this research was provided by:
Animalfree Research Switzerland, Charité 3R, Berlin Senate Administration
Article History
Received: 22 July 2025
Revised: 9 December 2025
Accepted: 21 January 2026
First Online: 10 February 2026
Competing interests
: The authors declare no competing interests.
: This study was conducted in accordance with the Declaration of Helsinki and its amendments, as well as institutional guidelines and regulations. It was approved by the ethics committee of Charité—Universitätsmedizin Berlin [EA4/069/14]. Written informed consent was obtained from the participants prior to the study.