About the Authors

Rute B. Marques

Affiliation Department of Urology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Natasja F. Dits

Affiliation Department of Urology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Sigrun Erkens-Schulze

Affiliation Department of Urology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Wilfred F. J. van IJcken

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

Wytske M. van Weerden

Affiliation Department of Urology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Guido Jenster

g.jenster@erasmusmc.nl

Affiliation Department of Urology, Josephine Nefkens Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RBM GJ WMvW. Performed the experiments: RBM NFD SE-S. Analyzed the data: RBM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WFJvI. Wrote the paper: RBM. Critical discussion of the results and revision of the manuscript: WMvW GJ.