About the Authors

Alain Geloen

g.marguerie@arteria-lab.com

Affiliation INSERM U1060, CarMeN laboratory, Lyon University, INSA-Lyon, IMBL Villeurbanne, France

Lionel Helin

Affiliation Arteria, Caissargues, France

Benjamine Geeraert

Affiliation Atherosclerosis and Metabolism Unit, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Eric Malaud

Affiliation Arteria, Caissargues, France

Paul Holvoet

Affiliation Atherosclerosis and Metabolism Unit, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Gerard Marguerie

Affiliation Arteria, Caissargues, France

Competing Interests

AG, PH, and BG are academic scientists with no competing interests and no employment or consultancy interests with the sponsor. GM, LH, and EM are scientists from ARTERIA, the sole sponsor of the present study. GM is the CSO of ARTERIA. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GM AG PH. Performed the experiments: AG LH EM BG. Analyzed the data: GM AG PH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LH EM BG AG. Wrote the paper: GM AG.