About the Authors

Wen Dun

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Molecular Therapeutics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Patrick Wright

Affiliation The Dorothy M. Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Peter Danilo Jr

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Molecular Therapeutics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Peter J. Mohler

Affiliations The Dorothy M. Davis Heart & Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Physiology and Cell Biology, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Penelope A. Boyden

pab4@columbia.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Molecular Therapeutics, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PB PM. Performed the experiments: WD PW PD. Analyzed the data: WD PB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: PB PM. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: PB WD.