About the Authors

Yael Yaniv

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Harold A. Spurgeon

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Bruce D. Ziman

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Edward G. Lakatta

LakattaE@mail.nih.gov

Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, Gerontology Research Center, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YY EGL. Performed the experiments: YY. Analyzed the data: YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HAS BDZ. Wrote the paper: YY EGL.