About the Authors

Xian-Bing Gan

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Yang-Can Duan

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Medical Ultrasound, Affiliated Hospital of Jining Medical University, Jining, China

Xiao-Qing Xiong

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Peng Li

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Bai-Ping Cui

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Xing-Ya Gao

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Guo-Qing Zhu

gqzhucn@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XBG GQZ. Performed the experiments: XBG YCD XQX. Analyzed the data: XBG XQX PL BPC XYG GQZ. Wrote the paper: XBG GQZ.