About the Authors

Li Wang

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Li Qian

li_qian@med.unc.edu.

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America, McAllister Heart Institute, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LQ. Performed the experiments: LW LQ. Analyzed the data: LW LQ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LW LQ. Wrote the paper: LW LQ.