About the Authors
- Kelly C. Clause
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kelly C. Clause, Jason Tchao
Affiliations Cardiovascular Development Research Program, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jason Tchao
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Contributed equally to this work with: Kelly C. Clause, Jason Tchao
Affiliations Cardiovascular Development Research Program, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Mary C. Powell
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Affiliation Cardiovascular Development Research Program, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Li J. Liu
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Affiliations Cardiovascular Development Research Program, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Johnny Huard
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Affiliations Department of Orthopedic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, McGowan Institutes for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Bradley B. Keller
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Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America
- Kimimasa Tobita
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* E-mail: kit3@pitt.edu
Affiliations Cardiovascular Development Research Program, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Developmental Biology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, McGowan Institutes for Regenerative Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
Johnny Huard is a PLoS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors‘ adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist in this study.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KCC JT KT. Performed the experiments: KCC JT MCP LJL KT. Analyzed the data: KCC JT MCP LJL JH BBK KT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BBK KT. Wrote the paper: KCC JT LJL JH BBK KT.