About the Authors
- Sabrina Greulich
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sabrina Greulich, Weena J. Y. Chen
Affiliation Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Weena J. Y. Chen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Sabrina Greulich, Weena J. Y. Chen
Affiliation Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Bujar Maxhera
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Luuk J. Rijzewijk
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Affiliation Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Rutger W. van der Meer
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Jacqueline T. Jonker
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Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Heidi Mueller
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Daniella Herzfeld de Wiza
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Ralf-Ruediger Floerke
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Affiliation Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Konstantinos Smiris
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Hildo J. Lamb
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Albert de Roos
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Affiliation Department of Radiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Jeroen J. Bax
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Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Johannes A. Romijn
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Jan W. A. Smit
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Current address: Department of General Internal Medicine 463, Radboud University Medical Center Nijmegen, Nijmegen, The Netherlands
Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands
- Payam Akhyari
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Artur Lichtenberg
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Medical Faculty, Heinrich-Heine-University, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Juergen Eckel
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Affiliation Paul Langerhans Group, German Diabetes Center, Duesseldorf, Germany
- Michaela Diamant
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Affiliation Diabetes Center, Department of Internal Medicine, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- D. Margriet Ouwens
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* E-mail: margriet.ouwens@ddz.uni-duesseldorf.de
Affiliations Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, German Diabetes Center, Duesseldorf, Germany, Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
Competing Interests
JJB received grants from Medtronic, Boston Scientific, Biotronik, St. Jude Medicial, BMS Medical Imaging, Edwards Lifesciences and GE Healthcare. MD is a consultant and speaker for Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk and Merck, Sharp and Dohme and Sanofi, and a consultant for Astra-Zeneca/BMS. Through MD the VU University Medical Center in Amsterdam has received research grants from Amylin Pharmaceuticals Inc, Eli Lilly and Company, Novo Nordisk, Merck, Sharp and Dohme and Sanofi. MD receives no personal payments in connection to the above-mentioned activities, but all payments are directly transferred to the Institutional Research Foundation. The other authors have no conflicts of interest. 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: SG WJYC JE MD DMO. Performed the experiments: SG WJYC LJR RWvdM JTJ HM DHdW RRF. Analyzed the data: SG WJYC BM LJR RWvdM JTJ HM DHdW RRF KS HJL AdR JJB JAR JWAS PA AL JE MD DMO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BM KS PA AL. Wrote the paper: SG WJYC MD DMO.