About the Authors

Carissa Ritner

Contributed equally to this work with: Carissa Ritner, Sharon S. Y. Wong, Frank W. King

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Sharon S. Y. Wong

Contributed equally to this work with: Carissa Ritner, Sharon S. Y. Wong, Frank W. King

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Frank W. King

Contributed equally to this work with: Carissa Ritner, Sharon S. Y. Wong, Frank W. King

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Shirley S. Mihardja

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Walter Liszewski

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

David J. Erle

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Randall J. Lee

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Harold S. Bernstein

harold.bernstein@ucsf.edu

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CR SSYW FWK SSM WL DJE RJL HSB. Performed the experiments: CR SSYW FWK SSM WL HSB. Analyzed the data: CR SSYW SSM WL DJE RJL HSB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DJE RJL HSB. Wrote the paper: CR SSYW HSB. Obtained permission for use of cell line: RJL.