About the Authors

Li Chen

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Engineering, Basic Research Laboratories, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Yanlin Ma

Affiliation Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Eun Young Kim

Affiliations Department of Stem Cell Engineering, Basic Research Laboratories, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America, Program in Genes and Development, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Wei Yu

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Robert J. Schwartz

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Ling Qian

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Engineering, Basic Research Laboratories, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Jun Wang

junwang@heart.thi.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Stem Cell Engineering, Basic Research Laboratories, Texas Heart Institute, Houston, Texas, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LC JW. Performed the experiments: LC YM EYK WY LQ JW. Analyzed the data: LC JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RJS. Wrote the paper: LC JW.