About the Authors

Gaojun Cai

cgj982@126.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Wujin hospital affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Bifeng Zhang

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Medicine, McMaster University, Ontario, Canada

Weijin Weng

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Wujin hospital affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Ganwei Shi

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Wujin hospital affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Sheliang Xue

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Wujin hospital affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Yanbin Song

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Wujin hospital affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Chunyan Ma

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Wujin hospital affiliated to Jiangsu University, Changzhou, Jiangsu Province, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: GJC. Performed the experiments: GJC WJW GWS SLX YBS CYM. Analyzed the data: GJC BFZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GJC BFZ. Wrote the paper: GJC BFZ.