About the Authors
- Tanja Zeller
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Philipp Wild
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Silke Szymczak
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Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
- Maxime Rotival
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Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France
- Arne Schillert
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Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
- Raphaele Castagne
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Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France
- Seraya Maouche
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Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France
- Marine Germain
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Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France
- Karl Lackner
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Affiliation Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmediizin, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Heidi Rossmann
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Affiliation Institut für Klinische Chemie und Laboratoriumsmediizin, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Medea Eleftheriadis
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Christoph R. Sinning
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Renate B. Schnabel
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Edith Lubos
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Detlev Mennerich
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Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH and Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
- Werner Rust
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Affiliation Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH and Co. KG, Biberach, Germany
- Claire Perret
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Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France
- Carole Proust
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Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France
- Viviane Nicaud
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Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France
- Joseph Loscalzo
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Norbert Hübner
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Affiliation Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine, Berlin, Germany
- David Tregouet
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Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France
- Thomas Münzel
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Affiliation Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- Andreas Ziegler
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Affiliation Institut für Medizinische Biometrie und Statistik, Universität zu Lübeck, Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein, Lübeck, Germany
- Laurence Tiret
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Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France
- Stefan Blankenberg
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Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan Blankenberg, François Cambien
* E-mail: blankenberg@2-med.klinik.uni-mainz.de (SB) (SB); francois.cambien@upmc.fr (FC) (FC)
Affiliation Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik, Johannes-Gutenberg Universität Mainz, Mainz, Germany
- François Cambien
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Contributed equally to this work with: Stefan Blankenberg, François Cambien
* E-mail: blankenberg@2-med.klinik.uni-mainz.de (SB) (SB); francois.cambien@upmc.fr (FC) (FC)
Affiliation INSERM UMRS 937, Pierre and Marie Curie University and Medical School, Paris, France
Competing Interests
In this study, Boehringer Ingelheim provided payment for two employees for expression microarray analyses and array purchase and PHILIPS Medical Systems provided instruments for ultrasound studies. However, this does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors of the Journal.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TZ KJL JL NH TM SB FC. Performed the experiments: TZ PSW CRS RBS DM WR CP CP SB. Analyzed the data: SS MR AS RC SM MG ME EL VN DT AZ LT FC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TZ PSW KJL HR ME CRS RBS EL DM WR AZ. Wrote the paper: TZ LT SB FC.