About the Authors

Anouar Hafiane

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Laboratories Laboratory, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec H4A 3J1, Canada

John K. Bielicki

Affiliation Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Donner Laboratory, MS1-267, Berkeley, CA, United States of America

Jan O. Johansson

Affiliation Artery Therapeutics, San Ramon, CA, United States of America

Jacques Genest

Jacques.genest@mcgill.ca

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Laboratories Laboratory, Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Québec H4A 3J1, Canada

Competing Interests

JOJ is an executive of Artery Therapeutics. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH JG. Performed the experiments: AH. Analyzed the data: AH JG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JG JKB JOJ. Wrote the paper: AH JG. Provided critical comments for the manuscript: JKB JOJ.