About the Authors

Alexandra Traister

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Shabana Aafaqi

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Stephane Masse

Affiliation University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Xiaojing Dai

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Mark Li

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Aleksander Hinek

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Kumaraswamy Nanthakumar

Affiliation University Health Network, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

Gregory Hannigan

Affiliation Cell Adhesion Signaling Laboratory, Monash Institute of Medical Research, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

John G. Coles

john.coles@sickkids.ca

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Research, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AT JC GH. Performed the experiments: AT SA XD ML SM KN. Analyzed the data: JC AT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JC AT GH. Wrote the paper: JC AT AH. Manuscript preparation: JC AT. Editing: GH AH.