About the Authors

Bart F. J. Heijnen

bart.heijnen@maastrichtuniversity.nl

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jelly Nelissen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Helma van Essen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Gregorio E. Fazzi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Jan W. Cohen Tervaert

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Carine J. Peutz-Kootstra

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

John J. Mullins

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, University of Edinburgh Medical School, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Casper G. Schalkwijk

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Ben J. A. Janssen

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Harry AJ. Struijker-Boudier

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BH JWCT BJ HSB. Performed the experiments: BH JN HvE GF CPK CS. Analyzed the data: BH HvE CPK BJ HSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BH JN GF CPK JM CS BJ HSB. Wrote the paper: BH JWCT CS BJ HSB.