About the Authors

Bhaskar C. Das

bhaskar.das@einstein.yu.edu (BCD); tre2003@med.cornell.edu (TE)

Affiliations Department of Developmental and Molecular Biology, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Nuclear Medicine, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Kellie McCartin

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Ting-Chun Liu

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Randall T. Peterson

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Todd Evans

bhaskar.das@einstein.yu.edu (BCD); tre2003@med.cornell.edu (TE)

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College, Cornell University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BCD TE. Performed the experiments: BCD KM TCL TE. Analyzed the data: BCD KM TCL RTP TE. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: BCD RTP. Wrote the paper: BCD TE.