About the Authors

Li Ni

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Changqing Zhou

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Quanlu Duan

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Jiagao Lv

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Xiangning Fu

Affiliation Departments of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Yong Xia

yong.xia@osumc.edu (YX); dwwang@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn (DWW)

Affiliation The Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Dao Wen Wang

yong.xia@osumc.edu (YX); dwwang@tjh.tjmu.edu.cn (DWW)

Affiliation Departments of Internal Medicine, Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LN QD JL XF DWW. Performed the experiments: LN CZ QD. Analyzed the data: LN QD YX DWW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YX DWW. Wrote the paper: LN YX DWW. Acquired funding for the project: YX DW LN.