About the Authors

Chuan Wang

Affiliations Research Institute of Atherosclerotic Disease, Xi’an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaanxi, China, Department of Molecular Pathology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

Yafeng Li

Affiliation Research Institute of Atherosclerotic Disease, Xi’an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaanxi, China

Shoucui Gao

Affiliation Research Institute of Atherosclerotic Disease, Xi’an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaanxi, China

Daxin Cheng

Affiliations Research Institute of Atherosclerotic Disease, Xi’an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaanxi, China, The Third Affiliated Hospital of the School of Medicine, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Shaanxi, China

Sihai Zhao

sihaizhao@mail.xjtu.edu.cn (SZ); liuenqi@mail.xjtu.edu.cn (EL)

Affiliation Research Institute of Atherosclerotic Disease, Xi’an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaanxi, China

Enqi Liu

sihaizhao@mail.xjtu.edu.cn (SZ); liuenqi@mail.xjtu.edu.cn (EL)

Affiliation Research Institute of Atherosclerotic Disease, Xi’an Jiaotong University Cardiovascular Research Center, Shaanxi, China

Competing Interests

The authors declare that there is no conflict of interests regarding the publication of this paper.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZ EL. Performed the experiments: CW YL DC. Analyzed the data: CW SG SZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CW. Wrote the paper: CW SG SZ.