About the Authors

Roel Quintens

Current address: Radiobiology Unit, Studiecentrum voor kernenergie of Centre d'étude de l'énergie nucléaire (SCK•CEN), Mol, Belgium

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Sarvjeet Singh

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Katleen Lemaire

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Katrien De Bock

Affiliations Vesalius Research Center, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Vesalius Research Center, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Leuven, Belgium

Mikaela Granvik

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Anica Schraenen

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Irene Olga Cornelia Maria Vroegrijk

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Veronica Costa

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland

Pieter Van Noten

Affiliation Physical Activity and Health Laboratory, Biomedical Kinesiology Department, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Dennis Lambrechts

Affiliation Department of Metallurgy and Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Stefan Lehnert

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Leentje Van Lommel

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Lieven Thorrez

Current address: Interdisciplinary Research Center, KU Leuven Campus Kortrijk, Kortrijk, Belgium

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Geoffroy De Faudeur

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Johannes Anthonius Romijn

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

John Michael Shelton

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Luca Scorrano

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology and Metabolism, University of Geneva, Geneve, Switzerland

Henri Roger Lijnen

Affiliation Center for Molecular and Vascular Biology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Peter Jacobus Voshol

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Peter Carmeliet

Affiliations Vesalius Research Center, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, Vesalius Research Center, Vlaams Instituut voor Biotechnologie (VIB), Leuven, Belgium

Pradeep Puthenveetil Abraham Mammen

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Frans Schuit

Frans.Schuit@med.kuleuven.be

Affiliation Gene Expression Unit, Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: RQ SS KL KD MG PV SL DL JMS PJV JAR JMS LS HRL PJV PC PPAM FCS. Performed the experiments: RQ SS KL KD MG PV SL DL JMS PJV AS IOC MV VC LV LT GD. Analyzed the data: RQ SS KL KD MG PV SL DL JMS PJV JAR JMS LS HRL PJV PC PPAM FCS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PPAM. Wrote the paper: RQ FCS.