About the Authors

John C. Hennessey

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Group, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

John J. McGuire

mcguire@mun.ca

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Group, Division of BioMedical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JCH JJM. Performed the experiments: JCH. Analyzed the data: JCH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JJM. Wrote the paper: JCH JJM.