About the Authors

Lei Zhang

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China, Key Lab of Human Embryonic Stem Cell of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

Xiao-Wei Dong

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China, Key Lab of Human Embryonic Stem Cell of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

Jia-Ning Wang

rywjn@vip.163.com

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China, Key Lab of Human Embryonic Stem Cell of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

Jun-Ming Tang

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China, Key Lab of Human Embryonic Stem Cell of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of China, Department of Physiology, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

Jian-Ye Yang

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China, Key Lab of Human Embryonic Stem Cell of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

Ling-Yun Guo

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China, Key Lab of Human Embryonic Stem Cell of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

Fei Zheng

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China, Key Lab of Human Embryonic Stem Cell of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

Xia Kong

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China, Key Lab of Human Embryonic Stem Cell of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

Yong-Zhang Huang

Affiliations Institute of Clinical Medicine and Department of Cardiology, Renmin Hospital, Hubei University of Medicine, Shiyan, Hubei, People’s Republic of China, Key Lab of Human Embryonic Stem Cell of Hubei Province, Hubei University of Medicine, Hubei, People’s Republic of China

Shi-You Chen

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Pharmacology, The University of Georgia, Athens, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JMT JNW LZ. Performed the experiments: LZ XWD JYY LYG FZ XK YZH. Analyzed the data: LZ. Wrote the paper: ZL SYC.