About the Authors

Silja Vorjohann

Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), Geneva, Switzerland

Jean-Luc Pitetti

Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), Geneva, Switzerland

Serge Nef

Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), Geneva, Switzerland

Carmen Gonelle-Gispert

Affiliation Surgical Research Unit, Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Leo Buhler

Affiliation Surgical Research Unit, Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland

Richard J. Fish

Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), Geneva, Switzerland

Marguerite Neerman-Arbez

Marguerite.Neerman-Arbez@unige.ch

Affiliations Department of Genetic Medicine and Development, University of Geneva Medical Centre, Geneva, Switzerland, Institute of Genetics and Genomics in Geneva (iGE3), Geneva, Switzerland, Division of Angiology and Hemostasis, University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SV SN RJF MNA. Performed the experiments: SV JLP CGG LB RJF. Analyzed the data: SV RJF MNA. Wrote the manuscript: SV RJF MNA. Edited the manuscript: JLP SN CGG LB.