About the Authors

Qiling Li

Affiliations Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Ting Kang

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Xiaohua Tian

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yamin Ma

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Min Li

Affiliation School of Information Science and Engineering, Central South University, Changsha, China

Jendai Richards

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Tameka Bythwood

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Yueling Wang

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Xu Li

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, First Affiliated Hospital, Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Dong Liu

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Li Ma

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Qing Song

qsong@msm.edu

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QS. Performed the experiments: QL TK XT YM. Analyzed the data: QL QS JR TB ML DL LM YW XT XL. Wrote the paper: QL QS.