1 Cardiovascular Center Oberallgäu-Kempten, Robert-Weixler Straße 50, 87439 Kempten/Allgäu, Im Stillen 3, 87509 Immenstadt, Germany.
2 Department of Molecular Pathology, School of Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Chuo-City, Yamanashi 409-3898, Japan.
3 Deutsches Herzzentrum München and Technische Universität München, Deutsches Zentrum für Herz-Kreislauf-Forschung, Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany.
4 Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, Al 35294-2182, USA.
5 Department of Laboratory Medicine, Robert Bosch Hospital, Auerbach Street 110, 70376 Stuttgart, Germany.