About the Authors

Xiao-li Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-li Li, Bao-ying Li

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China, Department of Drug Purchase and Supply, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Bao-ying Li

Contributed equally to this work with: Xiao-li Li, Bao-ying Li

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Mei Cheng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Fei Yu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Wen-bin Yin

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Qian Cai

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Zhen Zhang

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Jian-hua Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Basic Science, Medical Science Academy of Shandong, Jinan, China

Jun-fu Wang

Affiliation Institute of Basic Science, Medical Science Academy of Shandong, Jinan, China

Rui-hai Zhou

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Hai-qing Gao

gaohaiqing52@hotmail.com

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Proteomics of Shandong Province, Department of Geriatric Endocrinology, Qi-Lu Hospital of Shandong University, Jinan, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XL BL MC HQG. Performed the experiments: XL BL FY WBY QC ZZ JHZ JFW. Analyzed the data: XL BL MC. Wrote the paper: XL BL RHZ HQG.