About the Authors

Ramesh Chennupati

Affiliations Department of Anatomy & Embryology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Department of Pharmacology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Nutrition, Metabolism and Toxicology (NUTRIM) of Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Merlijn J. P. M. T. Meens

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Vincent Marion

Current address: Laboratoire de Génetique Médicale, Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM) U1112, Strasbourg, France

Affiliations Department of Anatomy & Embryology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Nutrition, Metabolism and Toxicology (NUTRIM) of Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Department of Pathology and Immunology, University of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Ben J. Janssen

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Wouter H. Lamers

Affiliations Department of Anatomy & Embryology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Nutrition, Metabolism and Toxicology (NUTRIM) of Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Jo G. R. De Mey

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM), Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark

S. Eleonore Köhler

leo.koehler@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliations Department of Anatomy & Embryology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands, Nutrition, Metabolism and Toxicology (NUTRIM) of Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WHL JDM SEK. Performed the experiments: RC MM BJ. Analyzed the data: RC BJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: RC WHL JDM SEK.