About the Authors

Yinhua Li

Affiliation Department of Arteriosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Long Jiang

Affiliation Department of Arteriosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Zhangrong Jia

Affiliation Department of Arteriosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Wei Xin

Affiliation Department of Arteriosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Shiwei Yang

Affiliation Department of Arteriosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Qiu Yang

yangqiu6666@163.com (QY); wangluya@126.com (LW)

Affiliation Department of Arteriosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Luya Wang

yangqiu6666@163.com (QY); wangluya@126.com (LW)

Affiliation Department of Arteriosclerosis, Beijing Institute of Heart, Lung and Blood Vessel Diseases, Beijing Anzhen Hospital, Capital Medical University, Beijing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QY LW. Performed the experiments: YL LJ WX. Analyzed the data: YL LJ WX ZJ SY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LJ WX. Wrote the paper: YL LJ WX ZJ SY QY LW.