About the Authors
- Arianne van Koppen
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Jaap A. Joles
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Bas W. M. van Balkom
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Sai Kiang Lim
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Affiliation Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
- Dominique de Kleijn
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Affiliation Department of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Rachel H. Giles
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Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Marianne C. Verhaar
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* E-mail: m.c.verhaar@umcutrecht.nl
Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
Competing Interests
I have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: Sai Kiang Lim has a patent application in progress on the use of MSC-derived CM. 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: AvK JAJ BWMvB MCV. Performed the experiments: AvK. Analyzed the data: AvK JAJ MCV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SKL DdK RHG BWMvB. Wrote the paper: AvK JAJ MCV.