About the Authors

Larissa Eiselein

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, 95616, United States of America

Tun Nyunt

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, 95616, United States of America

Michael W. Lamé

Affiliation Department of Molecular Biosciences, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, 95616, United States of America

Kit F. Ng

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, 95616, United States of America

Dennis W. Wilson

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, 95616, United States of America

John C. Rutledge

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, 95616, United States of America

Hnin H. Aung

mhaung@ucdavis.edu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California Davis, Davis, California, 95616, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LE HHA. Performed the experiments: LE TN MWL KN HHA. Analyzed the data: LE TN HHA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DWW JCR. Wrote the paper: LE HHA. Reviewed and revised the paper: MWL DWW JCR.