About the Authors

Hong-Li Sun

Affiliations Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, Harbin Medical University-Daqing, Daqing, Heilongjiang, China

Wen-Chin Tsai

Affiliations The Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Hualein Tzu-Chi General Hospital, Hualein, Taiwan

Bai-Yan Li

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Engineering, Indiana University–Purdue University at Indianapolis, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Wen Tao

Affiliation Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Peng-Sheng Chen

Affiliation The Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Michael Rubart

mrubartv@iu.edu

Affiliation Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B. Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MR. Performed the experiments: HS WT BL WT PC MR. Analyzed the data: HS WT MR. Wrote the paper: MR.