About the Authors

Arianne van Koppen

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Jaap A. Joles

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Bas W. M. van Balkom

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Sai Kiang Lim

Affiliation Institute of Medical Biology, A*STAR, Singapore, Republic of Singapore

Dominique de Kleijn

Affiliation Department of Experimental Cardiology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Rachel H. Giles

Affiliation Department of Nephrology and Hypertension, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands

Marianne C. Verhaar

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.