About the Authors

Elena Velkoska

velkoska@unimelb.edu.au

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Sheila K. Patel

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Karen Griggs

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Raelene J. Pickering

Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Chris Tikellis

Affiliation Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Louise M. Burrell

Affiliation Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EV LMB. Performed the experiments: EV KG RJP CT. Analyzed the data: EV SKP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EV LMB. Wrote the paper: EV LMB.