About the Authors

Robert E. Brainard

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Lewis J. Watson

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Angelica M. DeMartino

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Kenneth R. Brittian

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Ryan D. Readnower

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Adjoa Agyemang Boakye

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Deqing Zhang

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Joseph David Hoetker

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Aruni Bhatnagar

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Shahid Pervez Baba

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Steven P. Jones

Steven.P.Jones@Louisville.edu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Institute of Molecular Cardiology, Department of Medicine, University of Louisville, Louisville, Kentucky, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SPJ REB LJW RDR SPB AB. Performed the experiments: REB LJW RDR AMD KRB AAB DZ JDH SPB. Analyzed the data: REB LJW RDR SPJ AMD KRB AAB DZ JDH SPB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SPJ AB SPB. Wrote the manuscript: REB SPJ LJW RDR AMD SPB KRB.