About the Authors

Feng Shi

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Xiaochun Long

Current address: Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Allison Hendershot

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Joseph M. Miano

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Jane Sottile

jane_sottile@urmc.rochester.edu

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FS JS XL JM. Performed the experiments: FS AH JS. Analyzed the data: JS JM XL AH FS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JM XL JS. Wrote the paper: JS.