About the Authors

Maurice J. H. Sillen

mauricesillen@ciro-horn.nl

Affiliation Program Development Center, CIRO+, Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands

Frits M. E. Franssen

Affiliation Program Development Center, CIRO+, Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands

Harry R. Gosker

Affiliation NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology & Metabolism, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Emiel F. M. Wouters

Affiliations Program Development Center, CIRO+, Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands, NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology & Metabolism, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, The Netherlands, CIRO+, Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands

Martijn A. Spruit

Affiliation Program Development Center, CIRO+, Center of Expertise for Chronic Organ Failure, Horn, The Netherlands

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MJHS EFMW MAS. Performed the experiments: MJHS FMEF. Analyzed the data: MJHS FMEF HRG MAS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MJHS FMEF HRG. Wrote the paper: MJHS. Revised the manuscript: MJHS FMEF HRG EFMW MAS.