About the Authors
- Janna C. Welleweerd
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¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Bastiaan G. L. Nelissen
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¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliations Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, the Netherlands, Experimental Cardiology laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Dave Koole
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Affiliations Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, the Netherlands, Experimental Cardiology laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Jean-Paul P. M. de Vries
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Affiliation Vascular Surgery, St Antonius Hospital, Koekoekslaan 1, 3435CM Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
- Frans L. Moll
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Affiliation Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Gerard Pasterkamp
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Affiliation Experimental Cardiology laboratory, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Aryan Vink
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Affiliation Pathology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
- Gert Jan de Borst
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* E-mail: G.J.deBorst-2@umcutrecht.nl
Affiliation Vascular Surgery, University Medical Center Utrecht, Heidelberglaan 100, 3584CX Utrecht, the Netherlands
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JPPMdV FLM GP AV GJdB. Performed the experiments: JCW BGLN JPPMdV. Analyzed the data: JCW BGLN DK AV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BGLN AV. Wrote the paper: JCW BGLN. Critical revision of the article: DK JPPMdV FLM GP AV GJdB. Statistical analysis: JCW BGLN.