About the Authors

Aurélie Carlier

Affiliations Biomechanics Section, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, O&N 1, Leuven, Belgium, Biomechanics Research Unit, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Liesbet Geris

Affiliations Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, O&N 1, Leuven, Belgium, Biomechanics Research Unit, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium

Katie Bentley

Affiliation Vascular Biology Lab, Cancer Research UK, London, United Kingdom

Geert Carmeliet

Affiliation Clinical and Experimental Endocrinology, KU Leuven, O&N 1, Leuven, Belgium

Peter Carmeliet

Affiliations Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Neurovascular link, Vesalius Research Center, VIB, Leuven, Belgium, Laboratory of Angiogenesis and Neurovascular link, Vesalius Research Center, University of Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Hans Van Oosterwyck

hans.vanoosterwyck@mech.kuleuven.be

Affiliations Biomechanics Section, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Prometheus, Division of Skeletal Tissue Engineering, KU Leuven, O&N 1, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AC LG KB HVO. Performed the experiments: AC. Analyzed the data: AC LG KB GC PC HVO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AC KB. Wrote the paper: AC LG KB GC PC HVO.