About the Authors

Joep P. M. Derikx

w.buurman@ah.unimaas.nl

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School for Nutrition & Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Robert A. Matthijsen

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School for Nutrition & Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Adriaan P. de Bruïne

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Cardiovascular Research Institute (CARIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Annemarie A. van Bijnen

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School for Nutrition & Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Erik Heineman

Current address: Máxima Medisch Centrum, Veldhoven, the Netherlands

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School for Nutrition & Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Ronald M. van Dam

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School for Nutrition & Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Cornelis H. C. Dejong

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School for Nutrition & Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Wim A. Buurman

Affiliation Department of Surgery, School for Nutrition & Metabolism (NUTRIM), Maastricht University Medical Centre+, Maastricht, the Netherlands

Competing Interests

Dr. WA Buurman is shareholder of the company HBT, which provided the FABP-ELISA and antibody. These reagents, as used, are commercially available world wide.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD RM AdB RvD CD WB. Performed the experiments: JD RM AvB CD. Analyzed the data: JD RM AdB EH RvD CD WB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JD RM AdB WB. Wrote the paper: JD CD WB.