About the Authors

Lei Gu

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Gu, Wenli Bai, Sha Li, Yuqing Zhang, Yi Han

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Wenli Bai

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Gu, Wenli Bai, Sha Li, Yuqing Zhang, Yi Han

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Sha Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Gu, Wenli Bai, Sha Li, Yuqing Zhang, Yi Han

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yuqing Zhang

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Gu, Wenli Bai, Sha Li, Yuqing Zhang, Yi Han

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Jiangning Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yi Han

Contributed equally to this work with: Lei Gu, Wenli Bai, Sha Li, Yuqing Zhang, Yi Han

Affiliation Department of Geriatrics, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yue Gu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Guoliang Meng

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Liping Xie

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Jing Wang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yujiao Xiao

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Liyang Shan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Suming Zhou

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, the Affiliated Jiangning Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Lei Wei

Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, the First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Albert Ferro

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Yong Ji

yongji@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Reproductive Medicine, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Atherosclerosis Research Centre, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YJ. Performed the experiments: LG WB SL YZ YH YG GM LX JW YX LS SZ LW AF YJ. Analyzed the data: LG WB SL YJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LG WB SL YZ YH YG LX JW AF. Wrote the paper: LG GM AF YJ.