About the Authors
- Eleni Tseliou
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Affiliation Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Geoffrey de Couto
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Affiliation Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- John Terrovitis
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Affiliation Third Department of Cardiology, University of Athens, Athens, Greece
- Baiming Sun
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Affiliation Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Liu Weixin
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Affiliation Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Linda Marbán
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Affiliation Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Eduardo Marbán
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* E-mail: Eduardo.Marban@csmc.edu
Affiliation Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Eduardo Marbán and Linda Marbán are founders and equity holders in Capricor, Inc. John Terrovitis (deceased) received consulting fees from Capricor, Inc. Capricor Inc provided no funding for this project and did not have any contractual rights requiring approval for publication. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The remaining authors report no conflicts.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: ET EM. Performed the experiments: ET GDC LW BS. Analyzed the data: ET JT LM EM. Wrote the paper: ET EM.