title: Reply to the letter to the editor "Is colchicine really harmful in viral myocarditis?"
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Bernard J
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Smilde
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Institute for Cardiovascular Research of the Vrije Universiteit (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, De Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Linde
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Woudstra
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Gene
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Fong Hing
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Postbox 9892, 1006 AN Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Diana
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Wouters
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Postbox 9892, 1006 AN Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Hematology, Academic Medical Center, Postbox 22660, 1100 DD Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Sacha
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zeerleder
authors.affiliation: Department of Virology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Postbox 85500, 3508 GA Utrecht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Jean-Luc
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Murk
authors.affiliation: Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Postbox 9892, 1006 AN Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Marieke
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: van Ham
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Postbox 5800, 6202 AZ Maastricht, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Stephane
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Heymans
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Institute for Cardiovascular Research of the Vrije Universiteit (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, De Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Lynda J M
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Juffermans
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiology, VU University Medical Center, Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Institute for Cardiovascular Research of the Vrije Universiteit (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, De Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Albert C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: van Rossum
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Cardiac Surgery, VU University Medical Center, Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Institute for Cardiovascular Research of the Vrije Universiteit (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, De Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Hans W M
authors.initials: HW
authors.lastname: Niessen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Institute for Cardiovascular Research of the Vrije Universiteit (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, De Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: Paul A J
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Krijnen
authors.affiliation: Department of Pathology, VU University Medical Center, Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Institute for Cardiovascular Research of the Vrije Universiteit (ICaR-VU), VU University Medical Center, De Postbox 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Postbox 9892, 1006 AN Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: r.emmens@vumc.nl.
authors.forename: Reindert W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Emmens
mesh_terms: D003078:Colchicine; D003384:Coxsackievirus Infections; D029822:Enterovirus B, Human; D006801:Humans; D009205:Myocarditis; D009206:Myocardium; D014777:Virus Diseases
chemical_list: D003078:Colchicine
keywords: Colchicine; Coxsackievirus B3; Mouse; Myocarditis