About the Authors

Ying Han

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Hai-Jian Sun

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Peng Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Qing Gao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Ye-bo Zhou

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Feng Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Xing-Ya Gao

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Guo-Qing Zhu

gqzhucn@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YH XYG GQZ. Performed the experiments: YH HJS PL QG. Analyzed the data: YH YbZ FZ GQZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH GQZ. Wrote the paper: YH XYG GQZ.