About the Authors

Merlijn J. P. M. T. Meens

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Matthijs G. Compeer

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Tilman M. Hackeng

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Marc A. van Zandvoort

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Technology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Ben J. A. Janssen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jo G. R. De Mey

j.demey@farmaco.unimaas.nl

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM MC BJ JDM. Performed the experiments: MM MC MvZ JDM. Analyzed the data: MM MC MvZ JDM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TMH MvZ. Wrote the paper: MM BJ JDM.