About the Authors

Yang Nana

Contributed equally to this work with: Yang Nana, Jiao Peng

Affiliations College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China, Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Atherosclerosis, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Jiao Peng

Contributed equally to this work with: Yang Nana, Jiao Peng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Atherosclerosis, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Zhang Jianlin

Affiliation Central Hospital of Taian, Taian, China

Zhang Xiangjian

Affiliation Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardio-cerebrovascular Disease and Hebei Key Laboratory of Vascular Homeostasis, Shijiazhuang, China

Yao Shutong

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Atherosclerosis, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Zhan Enxin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Atherosclerosis, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Li Bin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Atherosclerosis, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Zong Chuanlong

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Atherosclerosis, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Tian Hua

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Atherosclerosis, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Si Yanhong

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Atherosclerosis, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Du Yunsai

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Atherosclerosis, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China

Qin Shucun

wanghui2328@sdau.edu.cn (WH); shucunqin@hotmail.com (QS)

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Atherosclerosis in Universities of Shandong, Institute of Atherosclerosis, Taishan Medical University, Taian, China, Hebei Collaborative Innovation Center for Cardio-cerebrovascular Disease and Hebei Key Laboratory of Vascular Homeostasis, Shijiazhuang, China

Wang Hui

wanghui2328@sdau.edu.cn (WH); shucunqin@hotmail.com (QS)

Affiliation College of Animal Science and Technology, Shandong Agricultural University, Tai'an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YN ZX QS WH. Performed the experiments: YN JP YS ZE TH. Analyzed the data: ZJ LB ZC DY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SY. Wrote the paper: YN.