About the Authors

Fen Liu

Contributed equally to this work with: Fen Liu, Yi-Ning Yang

Affiliations Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China, Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Yi-Ning Yang

Contributed equally to this work with: Fen Liu, Yi-Ning Yang

Affiliations Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China, Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Xiang Xie

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Xiao-Mei Li

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Xiang Ma

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Zhen-Yan Fu

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Bang-Dang Chen

Affiliations Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China, Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Ying Huang

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Chun-Fang Shan

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Yi-Tong Ma

myt_xj@sina.com (YTM); xiaoming.gao@bakeridi.edu.au (XMG)

Affiliations Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China, Department of Cardiology, First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China

Xiao-Ming Gao

myt_xj@sina.com (YTM); xiaoming.gao@bakeridi.edu.au (XMG)

Affiliations Xinjiang Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease, Clinical Medical Research Institute, The First Affiliated Hospital of Xinjiang Medical University, Urumqi, China, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FL YNY YTM. Performed the experiments: FL YNY YTM XX XML XM ZYF BDC YH. Analyzed the data: FL CFS XMG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FL YNY YTM XMG. Wrote the paper: FL XMG YNY YTM.