About the Authors

Elisa Belian

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W14 0NN, United Kingdom

Michela Noseda

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W14 0NN, United Kingdom

Marta S. Abreu Paiva

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W14 0NN, United Kingdom

Thomas Leja

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W14 0NN, United Kingdom

Robert Sampson

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W14 0NN, United Kingdom

Michael D. Schneider

m.d.schneider@imperial.ac.uk

Affiliation British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London W14 0NN, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EB MDS. Performed the experiments: EB. Analyzed the data: EB TL MN MDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MN MDS. Wrote the paper: EB MN MDS. Performed cell culture and cell cloning: MSAP. Contributed to the RT-PCR data analysis: TL. Performed cell isolation, flow cytometry, and preparative flow sorting: RS. Helped direct the experiments: MN. Directed the trainees and staff: MDS.