About the Authors

Stefanie Maria Werhahn

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany, Department of Cardiology and Pneumology, University Medicine Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Göttingen, Germany

Julia S. Kreusser

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Marco Hagenmüller

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany

Jan Beckendorf

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany, Department of Cardiology, Angiology and Pneumology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany

Nathalie Diemert

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany

Sophia Hoffmann

Roles Investigation

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany

Jobst-Hendrik Schultz

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of General Internal Medicine and Psychosomatics, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany

Johannes Backs

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – original draft

Johannes.backs@med.uni-heidelberg.de

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany

Matthias Dewenter

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Institute of Experimental Cardiology, Heidelberg University Hospital, Heidelberg, Germany, DZHK (German Centre for Cardiovascular Research), Partner Site, Heidelberg/Mannheim, Germany

Competing Interests

Johannes Backs and Matthias Dewenter collaborate with the Lead Discovery Center (LDC) Dortmund to develop CaMKII (Calmodulin-dependent Kinase II)-HDAC4 (histone deacetylase 4) inhibitory compounds. Johannes Backs is scientific cofounder of Artemes Bio, holds a patent on “ABHD5 and partial HDAC4 fragments and variants as a therapeutic approach for the treatment of cardiovascular diseases“, and received personal fees from Bayer outside the submitted work. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.