About the Authors

Jon Sin

Current address: Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Jenna M. Puccini

Affiliation The Integrated Regenerative Research Institute (IRRI) at San Diego State University, Cell & Molecular Biology Joint Doctoral Program, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Chengqun Huang

Affiliation Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Mathias H. Konstandin

Affiliation San Diego State Heart Institute, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Paul E. Gilbert

Affiliation Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Mark A. Sussman

Affiliations The Integrated Regenerative Research Institute (IRRI) at San Diego State University, Cell & Molecular Biology Joint Doctoral Program, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America, San Diego State Heart Institute, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Roberta A. Gottlieb

Roberta.Gottlieb@cshs.org (RAG); rfeuer@mail.sdsu.edu (RF)

Current address: Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Affiliation Donald P. Shiley BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Ralph Feuer

Roberta.Gottlieb@cshs.org (RAG); rfeuer@mail.sdsu.edu (RF)

Affiliation The Integrated Regenerative Research Institute (IRRI) at San Diego State University, Cell & Molecular Biology Joint Doctoral Program, Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JS JMP RAG RF. Performed the experiments: JS JMP. Analyzed the data: JS JMP RAG RF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CH MHK PEG MAS. Wrote the paper: JS RAG RF.