About the Authors
- Pathricia V. Tilstam
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Marion J. Gijbels
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Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Mohamed Habbeddine
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Affiliation Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
- Céline Cudejko
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Affiliation Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
- Yaw Asare
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Affiliations Institute of Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Wendy Theelen
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Baixue Zhou
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Yvonne Döring
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Affiliation Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Maik Drechsler
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Affiliation Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Lukas Pawig
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Sakine Simsekyilmaz
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Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
- Rory R. Koenen
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Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
- Menno P. J. de Winther
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Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Department of Medical Biochemistry, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Toby Lawrence
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Affiliation Centre d'Immunologie de Marseille-Luminy, Aix-Marseille Université, Marseille, France
- Jürgen Bernhagen
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Affiliations Institute of Biochemistry and Molecular Cell Biology, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany, August-Lenz-Stiftung, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany
- Alma Zernecke
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Affiliations Rudolf Virchow Center and Institute of Clinical Biochemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University of Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany, Department of Vascular Surgery, Klinikum rechts der Isar Technical University Munich, Munich, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
- Christian Weber
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Contributed equally to this work with: Christian Weber, Heidi Noels
* E-mail: kreislaufinstitut@med.uni-muenchen.de (CW); hnoels@ukaachen.de (HN)
Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands, Institute for Cardiovascular Prevention, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich, Germany, German Centre for Cardiovascular Research, partner site Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany
- Heidi Noels
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Contributed equally to this work with: Christian Weber, Heidi Noels
* E-mail: kreislaufinstitut@med.uni-muenchen.de (CW); hnoels@ukaachen.de (HN)
Affiliation Institute of Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany
Competing Interests
C.W. is a shareholder of Carolus Therapeutics Inc., a company developing chemokine-based anti-inflammatory strategies. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MPJdW TL JB AZ CW HN. Performed the experiments: PVT MJG MH CC YA WT BZ YD MD LP SS RRK HN. Analyzed the data: PVT MJG MH CC WT BZ RRK HN. Wrote the paper: PVT CW HN.