About the Authors

Ou Liu

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-related Cardiovascular Diseases, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education; Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

Lixin Jia

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-related Cardiovascular Diseases, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education; Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

Xiaoxi Liu

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-related Cardiovascular Diseases, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education; Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

Yueli Wang

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-related Cardiovascular Diseases, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education; Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

Xiaolong Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Yanwen Qin

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-related Cardiovascular Diseases, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education; Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

Jie Du

jdu@bcm.edu (JD); zhanghongjia722@hotmail.com (HZ)

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-related Cardiovascular Diseases, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education; Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

Hongjia Zhang

jdu@bcm.edu (JD); zhanghongjia722@hotmail.com (HZ)

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China, The Key Laboratory of Remodeling-related Cardiovascular Diseases, Capital Medical University, Ministry of Education; Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing Institute of Heart Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JD HZ. Performed the experiments: OL LJ XL YW. Analyzed the data: OL LJ XW YQ JD. Wrote the paper: OL LJ JD.