About the Authors
- Stefanos Leptidis
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Contributed equally to this work with: Stefanos Leptidis, Hamid el Azzouzi
Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Hamid el Azzouzi
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Contributed equally to this work with: Stefanos Leptidis, Hamid el Azzouzi
Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Sjoukje I. Lok
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Roel de Weger
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Serv Olieslagers
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Natasja Kisters
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Gustavo J. Silva
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Stephane Heymans
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Edwin Cuppen
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Affiliation Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Eugene Berezikov
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Affiliation Hubrecht Institute, Royal Netherlands Academy of Sciences, Utrecht, The Netherlands
- Leon J. De Windt
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Paula da Costa Martins
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* E-mail: p.dacostamartins@maastrichtuniversity.nl
Affiliation Department of Cardiology, CARIM School for Cardiovascular Diseases, Faculty of Health, Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: E.C. and E.B. are co-founders and scientific advisory board members of InteRNA Genomics BV. P.D.C.M. and L.D.W. filed and licensed a cardiovascular miRNA patent titled “Means and methods for counteracting, delaying and/or preventing heart disease”. All other authors report no conflict of interest. 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, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SL HeA SIL SO EC EB LJDW PdCM. Performed the experiments: SL HeA SO NK GJS EC. Analyzed the data: SL HeA RdW EB LJDW PdCM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RdW EC EB LJDW PdCM SH. Wrote the paper: SL HeA LJDW PdCM.