About the Authors
- Flavia M. Souza-Smith
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Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil
- Paige S. Katz
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Affiliations Department of Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research and The Heart Center, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Aaron J. Trask
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Affiliations Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research and The Heart Center, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- James A. Stewart Jr
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Affiliations Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research and The Heart Center, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
- Kevin C. Lord
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Affiliation Feik School of Pharmacy, University of the Incarnate Word, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
- Kurt J. Varner
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Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States of America
- Dalton V. Vassallo
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Affiliation Department of Physiological Sciences, Federal University of Espirito Santo, Vitoria, Espirito Santo, Brazil
- Pamela A. Lucchesi
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* E-mail: pamela.lucchesi@nationwidechildrens.org
Affiliations Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research and The Heart Center, The Research Institute at Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: FMS-S KJV DVV PAL. Performed the experiments: FMS-S PSK AJT JAS KCL. Analyzed the data: FMS-S PSK AJT JAS KCL KJV PAL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KJV DVV PAL. Wrote the paper: FMS-S PSK AJT KCL PAL.