About the Authors

Christopher F. Spurney

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Hee-Jae Cha

Affiliation Department of Parasitology and Genetics, Kosin University College of Medicine, Amnam-dong, Seo-gu, Busan, South Korea

Arpana Sali

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Gouri S. Pandey

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Emidio Pistilli

Affiliation Pennsylvania Muscle Institute, School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Alfredo D. Guerron

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Heather Gordish-Dressman

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Eric P. Hoffman

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Kanneboyina Nagaraju

knagaraju@cnmcresearch.org

Affiliation Center for Genetic Medicine Research, Children's National Medical Center, Washington, District of Columbia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CFS EH KN. Performed the experiments: CFS HJC AS GP EP ADG EH KN. Analyzed the data: CFS HJC AS GP EP ADG HGD EH KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CFS HJC GP EP HGD. Wrote the paper: CFS ADG HGD KN.