About the Authors

Bang-Wen Xie

B.Xie@lumc.nl

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Isabel M. Mol

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Stijn Keereweer

Affiliation Department of Otorhinolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

Ermond R. van Beek

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Ivo Que

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Thomas J. A. Snoeks

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Alan Chan

Affiliation Department of Tissue Regeneration, Percuros B.V., University of Twente, Enschede, The Netherlands

Eric L. Kaijzel

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Clemens W. G. M. Löwik

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolic Diseases, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BX CL EB EK . Performed the experiments: BX IM IQ TS. Analyzed the data: BX EB IM CL. Wrote the paper: BX EB SK AC CL.