About the Authors
- Bianca C. Bernardo
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* E-mail: bianca.bernardo@bakeridi.edu.au (BCB); julie.mcmullen@bakeridi.edu.au (JRM)
Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Xiao-Ming Gao
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Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Yow Keat Tham
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Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Helen Kiriazis
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Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Catherine E. Winbanks
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Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Jenny Y. Y. Ooi
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Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Esther J. H. Boey
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Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Susanna Obad
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Affiliation Santaris Pharma, Horsholm, Denmark
- Sakari Kauppinen
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Affiliation Department of Haematology, Aalborg University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Paul Gregorevic
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Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Xiao-Jun Du
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Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
- Ruby C. Y. Lin
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Affiliation Ramaciotti Centre for Genomics, School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- Julie R. McMullen
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* E-mail: bianca.bernardo@bakeridi.edu.au (BCB); julie.mcmullen@bakeridi.edu.au (JRM)
Affiliations Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Departments of Medicine Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, Departments of Physiology, Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia
Competing Interests
S.O. is an employee of Santaris Pharma A/S, a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company that develops RNA-based therapeutics. S.K. is a former employee of Santaris Pharma A/S and is now Professor at the Department of Haematology, Aalborg University Hospital. Depending on the field of use, LNA oligonucleotides can be obtained from Santaris Pharma A/S or Exiqon. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BCB SO SK RCYL JRM. Performed the experiments: BCB XMG YKT HK CEW JYYO EJHB XJD JRM. Analyzed the data: BCB CEW JYYO YKT JRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SO SK PG. Wrote the paper: BCB JRM.