About the Authors

Lin Wang

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Xiao Bo Hu

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Wei Zhang

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Lin Di Wu

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Yu Sheng Liu

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China, The Second Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Bo Hu

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China, Shandong Provincial Hospital Affiliated to Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Cheng Long Bi

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Yi Fei Chen

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Xin Xin Liu

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Cheng Ge

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Yun Zhang

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Mei Zhang

daixh@vip.sina.com

Affiliation The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Public Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Final approval of the manuscript: MZ. Conceived and designed the experiments: MZ YZ. Performed the experiments: LW XBH WZ LDW CLB YFC XXL. Analyzed the data: LW XBH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YZ. Wrote the paper: LW YSL BH CG.