About the Authors

Frank Spaapen

Contributed equally to this work with: Frank Spaapen, Guus G. H. van den Akker

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Guus G. H. van den Akker

Contributed equally to this work with: Frank Spaapen, Guus G. H. van den Akker

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Marjolein M. J. Caron

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Peggy Prickaerts

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Celine Rofel

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Vivian E. H. Dahlmans

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Don A. M. Surtel

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Yvette Paulis

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Finja Schweizer

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Tim J. M. Welting

Affiliation Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Lars M. Eijssen

Affiliation Department of Bioinformatics – BiGCaT, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jan Willem Voncken

w.voncken@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Maastricht University Medical Centre, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: F. Spaapen GGHvdA LME JWV. Performed the experiments: F. Spaapen GGHvdA MMJC PP CR VEHD DAMS YP F. Schweitzer TW LE JWV. Analyzed the data: F. Spaapen GGHvdA MMJC PP CR VEHD DAMS YP F. Schweitzer TW LE JWV. Wrote the paper: F. Spaapen GGHvdA JWV.