About the Authors

David Taube

Affiliation Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Jiang Xu

Affiliation Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Xiao-Ping Yang

Affiliation Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Albertas Undrovinas

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Edward Peterson

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Public Health Sciences, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Pamela Harding

phardin1@hfhs.org

Affiliation Hypertension and Vascular Research Division, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PH DT AU. Performed the experiments: DT X-PY JX. Analyzed the data: DT EP X-PY PH. Wrote the paper: PH X-PY.