About the Authors

Hiranmoy Das

hiranmoy.das@osumc.edu

Affiliation The Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Jon C. George

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Matthew Joseph

Affiliation The Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Manjusri Das

Affiliation The Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Nasreen Abdulhameed

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Anna Blitz

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Mahmood Khan

Affiliation The Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Ramasamy Sakthivel

Affiliation Arteriocyte, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Hai-Quan Mao

Affiliation Department of Materials Science and Engineering & Whitaker Biomedical Engineering Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America

Brian D. Hoit

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Periannan Kuppusamy

Affiliation The Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Vincent J. Pompili

Affiliation The Dorothy M. Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

Dr. Vincent Pompili has equity interest with Arteriocyte, Inc. Ramasamy Sakthivel is affiliated to the Arteriocyte Inc.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HD VJP. Performed the experiments: HD JCG MJ MD NA AB MK BDH. Analyzed the data: HD JCG MJ MD NA AB MK BDH PK VJP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS HQM PK. Wrote the paper: HD.