About the Authors

John Tzeng

Current address: Ingredion Inc. 10 Finderne Ave, Bridgewater, NJ 08807, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, United States of America

Jaemin Byun

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, United States of America

Ji Yeon Park

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, United States of America

Takanobu Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, United States of America

Kevin Schesing

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, United States of America

Bin Tian

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, United States of America

Junichi Sadoshima

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, United States of America

Shin-ichi Oka

okash@njms.rutgers.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Rutgers Biomedical Health Sciences, Newark, NJ 07103, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SO. Performed the experiments: JT JB KS SO TY. Analyzed the data: SO JP BT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JT JB KS SO. Wrote the paper: SO KS JS.