About the Authors

Ci Chen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Liang Shen

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Shiping Cao

liao18@msn.com (YL); csp2012@126.com (SC)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Xixian Li

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Wanling Xuan

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Jingwen Zhang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Xiaobo Huang

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Jianping Bin

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Dingli Xu

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Guofeng Li

Affiliation Department of Pharmacy, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Masafumi Kitakaze

Affiliations State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China, Cardiovascular Division of the Department of Medicine, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Osaka, Japan

Yulin Liao

liao18@msn.com (YL); csp2012@126.com (SC)

Affiliation State Key Laboratory of Organ Failure Research, Department of Cardiology, Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL CC SC MK. Performed the experiments: CC LS XL WX. Analyzed the data: CC LS SC XL WX JZ XH JB DX GL MK YL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YL MK. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: YL CC JZ SC MK.