About the Authors

Qian Yin

Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 71006, China, Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Ministry of Health and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China

Chengzhi Yang

Affiliation Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Ministry of Health and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China

Jimin Wu

Affiliation Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Ministry of Health and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China

Haiyan Lu

Affiliations Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Ministry of Health and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China, Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China

Xiaohui Zheng

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Resource Biology and Biotechnology in Western China, Ministry of Education, College of Life Sciences, Northwest University, Xi’an 710069, China

Youyi Zhang

Affiliation Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Ministry of Health and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China

Zhizhen Lv

Affiliation Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Ministry of Health and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China

Xiaopu Zheng

lizijian@bjmu.edu.cn (Z. Li); zhengxp001@mail.xjtu.edu.cn (X.P. Zheng)

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, the First Affiliated Hospital of Xi'an Jiaotong University, Xi’an 71006, China

Zijian Li

lizijian@bjmu.edu.cn (Z. Li); zhengxp001@mail.xjtu.edu.cn (X.P. Zheng)

Affiliations Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Beijing Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Receptors Research, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Molecular Biology and Regulatory Peptides, Ministry of Health and Key Laboratory of Molecular Cardiovascular Sciences, Ministry of Education, Beijing, 100191, China, Key laboratory of Chinese internal medicine of MOE and Beijing, Dongzhimen hospital, Beijing university of Chinese medicine, 5# Haiyuncang lane, Dongcheng district, Beijing100700, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: X.P. Zheng Z. Li. Performed the experiments: CY HL QY Z. Lv. Analyzed the data: JW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Z. Lv. Wrote the paper: QY X.P. Zheng Z. Li. Reviewed and edited the manuscript: X.H. Zheng YZ.