About the Authors

Patima Sdek

Affiliation Departments of Medicine/Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Kyohei Oyama

Affiliation Departments of Medicine/Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Ekaterini Angelis

Affiliation Departments of Medicine/Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Shing S. Chan

Affiliation Departments of Medicine/Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Katja Schenke-Layland

Current address: Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Eberhard Karls University Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

Affiliation Departments of Medicine/Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

W. Robb MacLellan

WRMacLellan@cardiology.washington.edu

Affiliation Departments of Medicine/Cardiology, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell Research, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: PS WRM. Performed the experiments: PS KO EA SSC KSL. Analyzed the data: PS KO EA KSL WRM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WRM. Wrote the paper: PS WRM.