About the Authors

Xuan Yu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

Qiao Zhang

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan, China

Yan Zhao

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong University, Xi’an, China

Benjamin J. Schwarz

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

John N. Stallone

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Women's Health Division, Michael E. DeBakey Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

Cristine L. Heaps

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

Guichun Han

ghan@cvm.tamu.edu

Affiliations Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America, Women's Health Division, Michael E. DeBakey Institute, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: XY GH. Data curation: XY GH. Formal analysis: XY GH. Funding acquisition: GH. Investigation: XY GH QZ YZ BS. Methodology: XY GH. Project administration: GH. Resources: JNS CLH. Supervision: GH. Validation: XY GH. Visualization: XY GH. Writing – original draft: XY GH. Writing – review & editing: XY GH JNS CLH QZ YZ BS.