About the Authors

Sundaravadivel Balasubramanian

Current address: Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Affiliation Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, 114 Doughty Street, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Dorea L. Pleasant

Affiliation Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, 114 Doughty Street, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Harinath Kasiganesan

Affiliation Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, 114 Doughty Street, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Lakeya Quinones

Affiliation Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, 114 Doughty Street, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Yuhua Zhang

Affiliation Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, 114 Doughty Street, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Kamala P. Sundararaj

Affiliation Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, 114 Doughty Street, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Sandra Roche

Affiliation Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland

Robert O’Connor

Affiliation Dublin City University, Dublin 9, Ireland

Amy D. Bradshaw

Affiliation Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, 114 Doughty Street, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Dhandapani Kuppuswamy

kuppusd@musc.edu

Affiliation Cardiology Division of the Department of Medicine, Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, 114 Doughty Street, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SB DK. Performed the experiments: SB DLP LQ HK YZ KPS SR ROC. Analyzed the data: SB SR ROC ADB DK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ADB. Wrote the paper: SB DLP DK.