Prolyl carboxypeptidase activity in the circulation and its correlation with body weight and adipose tissue in lean and obese subjects

• Kaat Kehoe,

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

  http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7412-4960

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• Heidi Noels,

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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• Wendy Theelen,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Institute for Molecular Cardiovascular Research, RWTH Aachen University, Aachen, Germany

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• Emilie De Hert,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – original draft

  Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Shenguan Xu,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

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• An Verrijken,

  Roles Data curation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium, Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Paediatrics (LEMP), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Thierry Arnould,

  Roles Data curation, Investigation, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry and Cell Biology (URBC), Namur Research Institute for Life Sciences (NARILIS), University of Namur (UNamur), Namur, Belgium

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• Erik Fransen,

  Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation StatUa Center for Statistics, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Nina Hermans,

  Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Natural Products & Food Research and Analysis (NatuRA), Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Anne-Marie Lambeir,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Per Venge,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Section of Clinical Chemistry, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden

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• Luc Van Gaal,

  Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Antwerp University Hospital, Edegem, Belgium, Laboratory of Experimental Medicine and Paediatrics (LEMP), Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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• Ingrid De Meester

  Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: Ingrid.demeester@uantwerpen.be

  Affiliation Laboratory of Medical Biochemistry, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Antwerp, Antwerp, Belgium

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