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Authors’ contributions

JD calibrated, tuned and quality controlled the instruments and performed LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis. TH performed LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis. AF-M performed the sample aliquoting and performed LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis and edited the manuscript. JA performed LC-ESI-MS/MS analysis and helped to edit the manuscript. AF performed protein assays and SDS-PAGE. PB collected the data into an SQL database for statistical analysis in R. JM planned the experiment, and performed the clinical plasma collection and sample treatments and storage experiments.

Acknowledgements

This research was paid for by the Fonds National de la Recherche, Mobility of Researcher award through Luxembourg Institute of Health (formerly CRP Sante) and a direct grant from the Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg to JGM. We gratefully acknowledge the review and critique of this manuscript by Dr. Fay Betsou and Dr. R.A. Phillips of IBBL.

Competing interests

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

Availability of data and materials

The raw data is provided in the supplemental materials or companion publications.

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No material from any other publication was used in this publication.

Ethics approval and consent to participate

Ethical approval and informed consent was obtained through the Comité National d’Ethique de Recherche (CNER) Protocol #201107 “Biospecimen Research” at the Centre Hospitalier de Luxembourg.

Funding

This research was paid for by the Fonds National de la Recherche, Mobility of Researcher award through Luxembourg Institute of Health (formerly CRP Sante) and the Integrated Biobank of Luxembourg to JGM.

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12014_2017_9170_MOESM1_ESM.docx Additional file 1: Fig. S1. A replicate CBBR stained gel to confirm the equal loading of the Western blot shown in Figure 8 of the main paper. (see legend of Figure 8 for details).

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