About the Authors

Julie E. Goodwin

julie.goodwin@yale.edu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Yan Feng

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Heino Velazquez

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Veterans Affairs Hospital, West Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Han Zhou

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

William C. Sessa

Affiliations Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JG WS. Performed the experiments: JG YF HV HZ. Analyzed the data: JG HV. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG HV WS. Wrote the paper: JG WS.