About the Authors

Angana G. Rajapakse

Contributed equally to this work with: Angana G. Rajapakse, Gautham Yepuri

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Gautham Yepuri

Contributed equally to this work with: Angana G. Rajapakse, Gautham Yepuri

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

João M. Carvas

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Sokrates Stein

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich and Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Christian M. Matter

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research, Institute of Physiology, University of Zurich and Cardiology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland

Isabelle Scerri

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Jean Ruffieux

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Jean-Pierre Montani

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Xiu-Fen Ming

xiu-fen.ming@unifr.ch

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Zhihong Yang

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: X-FM ZY. Performed the experiments: AGR GY JMC IS JR. Analyzed the data: AGR GY. Wrote the paper: X-FM ZY J-PM SS CMM.