About the Authors

Cui-Mei Zhao

cuimeizhao@sina.com (C-MZ); luying_peng@163.com (L-YP); dryyq@tongji.edu.cn (Y-QY)

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Division of Medical Genetics, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Lu-Ying Peng

cuimeizhao@sina.com (C-MZ); luying_peng@163.com (L-YP); dryyq@tongji.edu.cn (Y-QY)

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Li Li

Affiliation Division of Medical Genetics, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Xing-Yuan Liu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Juan Wang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Tongji Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Xian-Ling Zhang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Tenth People's Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China

Fang Yuan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Ruo-Gu Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Xing-Biao Qiu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Yi-Qing Yang

cuimeizhao@sina.com (C-MZ); luying_peng@163.com (L-YP); dryyq@tongji.edu.cn (Y-QY)

Affiliations Department of Cardiology, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Department of Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China, Department of Central Laboratory, Shanghai Chest Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CMZ LYP YQY. Performed the experiments: CMZ LL XYL JW XLZ FY RGL XBQ YQY. Analyzed the data: CMZ LYP YQY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CMZ LL XYL XLZ YQY. Wrote the paper: CMZ LYP YQY. Funding: YQY LL LYP.