About the Authors

Maiko Yamaji

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Division of Medicine, the Rayne Building, University College London, London, WC1E 6JJ, United Kingdom

Marwa Mahmoud

‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Division of Medicine, the Rayne Building, University College London, London, WC1E 6JJ, United Kingdom

Ian M. Evans

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Division of Medicine, the Rayne Building, University College London, London, WC1E 6JJ, United Kingdom

Ian C. Zachary

I.Zachary@ucl.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Division of Medicine, the Rayne Building, University College London, London, WC1E 6JJ, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY MM ICZ. Performed the experiments: MY MM IME. Analyzed the data: MY MM ICZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MY MM ICZ. Wrote the paper: MY MM ICZ.