About the Authors

Eric E. Essick

Affiliation Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Richard M. Wilson

Affiliation Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David R. Pimentel

Affiliations Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cardiovascular Section and Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Masayuki Shimano

Affiliation Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Simoni Baid

Affiliation Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Noriyuki Ouchi

Affiliation Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Flora Sam

flora.sam@bmc.org

Affiliations Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Cardiovascular Section and Evans Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EE DRP NO FS. Performed the experiments: EE RMW MS SB. Analyzed the data: EE RMW SB MS FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EE DRP NO. Wrote the manuscript: EE FS.