About the Authors

Robert Szulcek

r.szulcek@vumc.nl

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Pulmonology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jan van Bezu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Johannes Boonstra

Affiliation Deptartment of Cellular Architecture and Dynamics, Science Faculty, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Jack J. W. A. van Loon

Affiliations Dutch Experiment Support Center (DESC), ESTEC, TEC-MMG-Lab, European Space Agency (ESA), Noordwijk, The Netherlands, Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery/Oral Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Department of Oral Cell Biology, Academic Centre for Dentistry (ACTA), Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Geerten P. van Nieuw Amerongen

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Research (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JB JJWAvL GPvNA RS. Performed the experiments: RS JvB JJWAvL. Analyzed the data: RS GPvNA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJWAvL GPvNA. Wrote the paper: RS GPvNA JJWAvL JB.