About the Authors

Zahedi Mujawar

Contributed equally to this work with: Zahedi Mujawar, Honor Rose

Affiliation The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Honor Rose

Contributed equally to this work with: Zahedi Mujawar, Honor Rose

Affiliation Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Matthew P Morrow

Affiliation The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Tatiana Pushkarsky

Affiliation The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Larisa Dubrovsky

Affiliation The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Nigora Mukhamedova

Affiliation Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Ying Fu

Affiliation Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Anthony Dart

Affiliation Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Jan M Orenstein

Affiliation The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Yuri V Bobryshev

Affiliation University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Michael Bukrinsky

To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: mtmmib@gwumc.edu

Affiliation The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Dmitri Sviridov

Affiliation Baker Heart Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

AD, YVB, MB, and DS conceived and designed the experiments. ZM, HR, MPM, TP, LD, NM, YF, JMO, and YVB performed the experiments. ZM, MPM, TP, AD, JMO, YVB, MB, and DS analyzed the data. MB and DS wrote the paper.