About the Authors
- Edwin T. Parlevliet
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Contributed equally to this work with: Edwin T. Parlevliet, Yanan Wang
Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Yanan Wang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Edwin T. Parlevliet, Yanan Wang
Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Janine J. Geerling
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Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Janny P. Schröder-Van der Elst
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Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Kristen Picha
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Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Karyn O'Neil
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Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Vedrana Stojanovic-Susulic
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Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Tatiana Ort
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Affiliation Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Louis M. Havekes
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Affiliations Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Gaubius Laboratory, Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research-Metabolic Health Research, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Johannes A. Romijn
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Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Hanno Pijl
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Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Patrick C. N. Rensen
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* E-mail: P.C.N.Rensen@lumc.nl
Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine, Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
This research was supported by a grant from Janssen Research & Development. The CNTO3649 used in this study is a Janssen product. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: ETP YW PCNR. Performed the experiments: ETP YW. Analyzed the data: JJG JPS-vdE KP KO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP KO VS-S TO JAR PCNR. Wrote the paper: ETP YW PCNR. Reviewed this manuscript: JJG JPS-vdE KP KO VS-S TO LMH HP JAR.