About the Authors

Jie Tu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Tu, Lin Lu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, Shenzhen Key Laboratory for Neuropsychiatric Modulation, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen, Guangdong, People's Republic of China

Lin Lu

Contributed equally to this work with: Jie Tu, Lin Lu

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Weisong Cai

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Heather J. Ballard

ballard@hkucc.hku.hk

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China, Institute of Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong, Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HJB JT LL WC. Performed the experiments: JT LL WC. Analyzed the data: HJB JT LL WC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HJB JT. Wrote the paper: HJB JT.