About the Authors

Jane Hoover-Plow

hooverj@ccf.org

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Molecular Cardiology, Joseph J. Jacobs Center for Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Qila Sa

Current address: Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Molecular Cardiology, Joseph J. Jacobs Center for Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Menggui Huang

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Molecular Cardiology, Joseph J. Jacobs Center for Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jessica Grondolsky

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine and Department of Molecular Cardiology, Joseph J. Jacobs Center for Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, Clinic, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JHP QS MH. Performed the experiments: JHP QS MH JG. Analyzed the data: JHP QS MH JG. Wrote the manuscript: JHP QS MH.