About the Authors

Su Wang

Contributed equally to this work with: Su Wang, Bruce Ziman, Ilona Bodi

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Bruce Ziman

Contributed equally to this work with: Su Wang, Bruce Ziman, Ilona Bodi

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Ilona Bodi

Contributed equally to this work with: Su Wang, Bruce Ziman, Ilona Bodi

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pharmacology and Biophysics, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Marta Rubio

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pharmacology and Biophysics, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Ying-Ying Zhou

Current address: Schering-Plough Research Institute, Lafayette, New Jersey, United States of America

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Karen D'Souza

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pharmacology and Biophysics, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Nanette H. Bishopric

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Medicine and Pediatrics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Arnold Schwartz

schwara@email.uc.edu (AS); LakattaE@grc.nia.nih.gov (EGL)

Affiliation Institute of Molecular Pharmacology and Biophysics, Department of Surgery, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Edward G. Lakatta

schwara@email.uc.edu (AS); LakattaE@grc.nia.nih.gov (EGL)

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW AS EGL. Performed the experiments: SW BZ IB MR YYZ KMD. Analyzed the data: SW IB MR YYZ KMD. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BZ NHB. Wrote the paper: IB AS EGL.