Author Affiliations

Katharina Sorg,^1,* Larissa Heimann,^1,* Gabriela Moreira Lana,^2,3 Patricia Stahn,¹ Jutta Engel,⁴ Eduard Arzt,^2,3 Achim Langenbucher,⁵ Bernhard Schick,¹ and Gentiana Wenzel^1,*

¹Department of Otolaryngology, Saarland University Medical Center, Kirrberger Straße 100 Building 6, 66421 Homburg/ Saar, Germany

²Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Saarland University, Campus D2 2, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

³INM – Leibniz Institute for New Materials, Campus D2 2, 66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

⁴Department of Biophysics, Center for Integrative Physiology and Molecular Medicine (CIPMM), School of Medicine, Saarland University, Building 48, 66421 Homburg/ Saar, Germany

⁵Department of Experimental Ophthalmology, Saarland University, Building 22, 66421 Homburg/ Saar, Germany

^*Corresponding author: Katharina.Sorg@uks.eu, Larissa.Heimann@uks.eu, Gentiana.Wenzel@uks.eu