About the Authors

Guipeng An

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of cardiology, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China

Zhongqi Du

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of cardiology, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China

Xiao Meng

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of cardiology, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China

Tao Guo

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of cardiology, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China

Rui Shang

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of cardiology, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China

Jifu Li

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of cardiology, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China

Fengshuang An

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of cardiology, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China

Wenjing Li

zhangc@sdu.edu.cn (CZ); tianya_79@163.com (WL)

Affiliation Fine Arts School of Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Cheng Zhang

zhangc@sdu.edu.cn (CZ); tianya_79@163.com (WL)

Affiliations The Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Chinese Ministry of Education and Chinese Ministry of Health, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of cardiology, Shandong University Qilu Hospital, Jinan, Shandong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: WJL CZ. Performed the experiments: GPA ZQD XM TG. Analyzed the data: RS JFL FSA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GPA. Wrote the paper: GPA RS.