About the Authors

Fei Yu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatrics, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Bao-ying Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatrics, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Xiao-li Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatrics, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Qian Cai

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatrics, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Zhen Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatrics, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Mei Cheng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatrics, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Mei Yin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatrics, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Jun-fu Wang

Affiliation Institute of Basic Science, Medical Science Academy of Shandong, Jinan, China

Jian-hua Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Basic Science, Medical Science Academy of Shandong, Jinan, China

Wei-da Lu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatrics, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Rui-hai Zhou

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Hai-qing Gao

gaohaiqingdr@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatrics, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FY BL QC HG. Performed the experiments: FY BL XL QC ZZ MC MY JW JZ WL. Analyzed the data: FY BL WL. Wrote the paper: FY BL RZ HG.