About the Authors

Yingmei Feng

yingmei.feng@med.kuleuven.be (YF); Catherine.verfaillie@med.kuleuven.be (CV)

Affiliation Interdepartementaal Stem Cell Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Sarah Schouteden

Affiliation Interdepartementaal Stem Cell Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Rachel Geenens

Affiliation Division of Cardiac Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Vik Van Duppen

Affiliation Interdepartementaal Stem Cell Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Paul Herijgers

Affiliation Division of Cardiac Surgery, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Paul Holvoet

Affiliation Atherosclerosis and Metabolism Unit, Department of Cardiovascular Diseases, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Paul P. Van Veldhoven

Affiliation Laboratory of Lipid Biochemistry and Protein Interactions, Department Molecular Cell Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Catherine M. Verfaillie

yingmei.feng@med.kuleuven.be (YF); Catherine.verfaillie@med.kuleuven.be (CV)

Affiliation Interdepartementaal Stem Cell Institute, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YF CV. Performed the experiments: YF SS RG VVD P. Herijgers P. Holvoet PVV. Analyzed the data: YF CV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: P. Herijgers PVV. Wrote the paper: YF CV.