About the Authors

Priyatansh Gurha

Current address: Center for Cardiovascular Genetics, Brown Institute of Molecular Medicine, UTHSC, Houston, Texas, USA

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Tiannan Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ashley H. Larimore

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yassine Sassi

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany, Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany

Cei Abreu-Goodger

Affiliation Laboratorio Nacional de Genómica para la Biodiversidad, CINVESTAV, Irapuato, Guanajuato, México

Maricela O. Ramirez

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Anilkumar K. Reddy

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Stefan Engelhardt

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Technische Universitat Munchen, Munich, Germany, Munich Heart Alliance, Munich, Germany

George E. Taffet

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Xander H. T. Wehrens

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Mark L. Entman

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Antony Rodriguez

micrornax@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Department of Surgery, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Xander Wehrens serves as guest editor for PLOS ONE. This does not alter the author’s adherence to all the POS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PG TW YS CAG AKR SE GET XHTW MLE AR. Performed the experiments: PG TW AHL YS CAG MOR AKR. Analyzed the data: PG TW YS CAG AKR SE AKR GET XHTW MLE AR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SE YS. Wrote the manuscript: PG AR.