About the Authors
- Fanny Comblain
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Affiliation Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, Arthropôle Liège, University of Liège, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium
- Jean-Emile Dubuc
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Affiliation Orthopedic Department, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
- Cécile Lambert
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Affiliation Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, Arthropôle Liège, University of Liège, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium
- Christelle Sanchez
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Affiliation Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, Arthropôle Liège, University of Liège, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium
- Isabelle Lesponne
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Affiliation Royal Canin Research Center, Aimargues, France
- Samuel Serisier
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Affiliation Royal Canin Research Center, Aimargues, France
- Yves Henrotin
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* E-mail: yhenrotin@ulg.ac.be
Affiliations Bone and Cartilage Research Unit, Arthropôle Liège, University of Liège, CHU Sart-Tilman, Liège, Belgium, Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Department, Princess Paola Hospital, Vivalia, Marche-en-Famenne, Belgium
Competing Interests
FC received a PhD fellow from Royal Canin SAS. IL and SS are employed by Royal Canin SAS. YH received honoraria from Artialis, Bepharbel, Bioiberica, Expanscience, Galapagos, Ibsa, KiOmed Pharma and Tilman. YH is the founder and President of Artialis SA, a biomarker manufacturer and KiOmed Pharma, two spin-off companies of the University of Liege. FC, SS and YH are inventors for patent WO/2014/184246. Royal Canin developed a product thanks to these results. This did not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FC IL SS YH. Performed the experiments: FC JED. Analyzed the data: FC CL CS IL SS YH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JED IL SS. Wrote the paper: FC YH.