About the Authors

Nguyen T. Nguyen

Affiliations Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, San Antonio Cardiovascular Proteomics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Xiaolin Zhang

Affiliation Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Cathy Wu

Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics and Computational Biology and Protein Information Resource, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware, United States of America

Richard A. Lange

Affiliations San Antonio Cardiovascular Proteomics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Robert J. Chilton

Affiliations San Antonio Cardiovascular Proteomics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Department of Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Merry L. Lindsey

Affiliations San Antonio Cardiovascular Proteomics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, Mississippi Center for Heart Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America, Research Service, G.V. (Sonny) Montgomery Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Jackson, Mississippi, United States of America

Yu-Fang Jin

yufang.jin@utsa.edu

Affiliations Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America, San Antonio Cardiovascular Proteomics Center, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NTN MLL YFJ. Analyzed the data: NTN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NTN XZ. Wrote the paper: NTN CW MLL YFJ. Provided clinical and biological suggestions: RAL RJC MLL.