About the Authors

Hasse Brønnum

Affiliations Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital and Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark, Division of Matrix Biology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Ditte C. Andersen

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital and Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Mikael Schneider

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital and Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Maria B. Sandberg

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital and Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Tilde Eskildsen

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital and Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Solveig B. Nielsen

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital and Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Raghu Kalluri

Affiliation Division of Matrix Biology, Department of Medicine, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Søren P. Sheikh

soeren.sheikh@ouh.regionsyddanmark.dk

Affiliation Laboratory for Molecular and Cellular Cardiology, Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Odense University Hospital and Department of Cardiovascular and Renal Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HB DCA MS RK SPS. Performed the experiments: HB DCA MS MBS TE SBN. Analyzed the data: HB DCA MS MBS SPS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HB RK SPS. Wrote the paper: HB DCA MS SPS.