About the Authors

Kuang-Yuh Chyu

Contributed equally to this work with: Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Wai Man Lio

Chyuk@cshs.org

Affiliation Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Wai Man Lio

Contributed equally to this work with: Kuang-Yuh Chyu, Wai Man Lio

Affiliation Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Paul C. Dimayuga

Affiliation Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Jianchang Zhou

Affiliation Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Xiaoning Zhao

Affiliation Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Juliana Yano

Affiliation Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Portia Trinidad

Affiliation Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Tomoyuki Honjo

Affiliation Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Bojan Cercek

Affiliation Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Prediman K. Shah

Affiliation Oppenheimer Atherosclerosis Research Center, Division of Cardiology, Cedars-Sinai Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KYC WML PCD JZ XZ BC PKS. Performed the experiments: WML PCD JZ XZ JY PT TH. Analyzed the data: KYC WML PCD JZ XZ JY PT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WML PCD JZ XZ JY PT TH. Wrote the paper: KYC WML PCD BC PKS.