About the Authors

Qizhi Fang

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

Pamela Y. Mok

Current address: Institute of Medical Biology, Agency for Science, Technology and Research, Singapore

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

Anila E. Thomas

Current address: Division of General Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Daniel J. Haddad

Current address: University of Vermont College of Medicine, Burlington, Vermont, United States of America

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

Shereen A. Saini

Current address: MacroGenics Inc., South San Francisco, California, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Brian T. Clifford

Current address: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

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

Neel K. Kapasi

Current address: Internal Medicine Residency Program, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Olivia M. Danforth

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

Minako Usui

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Weisheng Ye

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Emmy Luu

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Rikki Sharma

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Maya J. Bartel

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Jeremy A. Pathmanabhan

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Andrew A. S. Ang

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Richard E. Sievers

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Randall J. Lee

lee@medicine.ucsf.edu (RJL); matt.springer@ucsf.edu (MLS)

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, 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

Matthew L. Springer

lee@medicine.ucsf.edu (RJL); matt.springer@ucsf.edu (MLS)

Affiliations Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, 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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QF PYM AET RJL MLS. Performed the experiments: QF PYM AET DJH SAS BTC NKK OMD MU WY EL RS MJB JAP AASA RES. Analyzed the data: QF PYM AET. Wrote the paper: QF MLS.