About the Authors
- Audrey M. Neyrinck
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Contributed equally to this work with: Audrey M. Neyrinck, Maud Alligier
Affiliation Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Brussels, Belgium
- Maud Alligier
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Contributed equally to this work with: Audrey M. Neyrinck, Maud Alligier
Affiliation Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Brussels, Belgium
- Patrick B. Memvanga
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Affiliation Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Pharmaceutics and Drug delivery Group, Brussels, Belgium
- Elodie Névraumont
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Affiliation Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Brussels, Belgium
- Yvan Larondelle
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Affiliation Université catholique de Louvain, Institut des Sciences de la Vie, Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
- Véronique Préat
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Affiliation Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Pharmaceutics and Drug delivery Group, Brussels, Belgium
- Patrice D. Cani
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Affiliation Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Brussels, Belgium
- Nathalie M. Delzenne
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* E-mail: nathalie.delzenne@uclouvain.be
Affiliation Université catholique de Louvain, Louvain Drug Research Institute, Metabolism and Nutrition Research Group, Brussels, Belgium
Competing Interests
This study was funded by Longévie SA. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AMN NMD. Performed the experiments: AMN MA EN. Analyzed the data: AMN MA NMD. Wrote the manuscript: AMN MA NMD. Performed RNA extraction in tissues and measured mRNA levels by Q-PCR: MA EN. Performed and analysed the data of curcumin and tetrahydrocurcumin in the adipose tissue: PBM VP. Provided intellectual input on the paper and reviewed the paper: VP YL PDC NMD. Planned and supervised all experiments and manuscript preparation: NMD.