About the Authors

Patric J. D. Delhanty

p.delhanty@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Yuxiang Sun

Affiliation United States Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center and Huffington Center on Aging, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jenny A. Visser

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Anke van Kerkwijk

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Martin Huisman

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Wilfred F. J. van IJcken

Affiliation Center for Biomics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sigrid Swagemakers

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics, and Department of Genetics, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Roy G. Smith

Affiliation Department of Metabolism and Aging, The Scripps Research Institute Florida, Jupiter, Florida, United States of America

Axel P. N. Themmen

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Aart-Jan van der Lely

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PD YS JV RGS AT AJvdL. Performed the experiments: PD AvK MH. Analyzed the data: PD WFvI SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YS. Wrote the paper: PD YS JV RGS AT AJvdL.