About the Authors

Trees Lepez

Affiliation Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Mado Vandewoestyne

Affiliation Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Shahid Hussain

Affiliation Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Filip Van Nieuwerburgh

Affiliation Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Kris Poppe

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital of Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Brigitte Velkeniers

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, University Hospital of Brussels (VUB), Brussels, Belgium

Jean-Marc Kaufman

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium

Dieter Deforce

Dieter.Deforce@UGent.be

Affiliation Laboratory for Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TL MV KP BV JMK DD. Performed the experiments: TL SH. Analyzed the data: TL SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KP BV JMK DD. Wrote the paper: TL MV DD. Designed the software used in analysis: FVN. Revised manuscript: SH FVN KP BV JMK.