About the Authors

Jian-Ying Zhang

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Wei Tong

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Tong, Feng Wu

Affiliation Department of Out-Patient Clinic, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Feng Wu

Contributed equally to this work with: Wei Tong, Feng Wu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Sheng-Hui Bi

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Ming Xu

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Zhen-Xiao Jin

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Yang Yang

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Xiao-Fan Jiang

jjzhou71@yahoo.com (J-JZ); jiangxf@fmmu.edu.cn (X-FJ)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Jing-Jun Zhou

jjzhou71@yahoo.com (J-JZ); jiangxf@fmmu.edu.cn (X-FJ)

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Xijing Hospital, The Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: X-FJ J-JZ. Analyzed the data: FW. Wrote the paper: J-JZ. Heart perfusion, heart performance recording, TTC staining, calpain activity assay: J-YZ. TTC staining, LDH release measurement, calpain activity assay: WT. Western blot: FW. cTnI release measurement: S-HB. Immunofluorescence staining: MX Z-XJ YY.