About the Authors

Laura Tarnawski

laura.tarnawski@vai.org

Current address: Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Affiliation Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Xiaojie Xian

Affiliation Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, Lund, Sweden

Gustavo Monnerat

Affiliations Institute of Physiology I, Life and Brain Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Institute of Biophysics Carlos Chagas Filho, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Iain C. Macaulay

Affiliation Haematopoietic Stem Cell Laboratory, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, England

Daniela Malan

Affiliation Institute of Physiology I, Life and Brain Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Andrew Borgman

Affiliation Spectrum Health Fredrik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Sean M. Wu

Affiliations Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Stanford Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford, California, United States of America, Dept of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America

Bernd K. Fleischmann

Affiliations Institute of Physiology I, Life and Brain Center, Department of Cardiac Surgery, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Pharma Center Bonn, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany

Stefan Jovinge

Affiliations Lund Strategic Research Center for Stem Cell Biology and Cell Therapy, Lund University, Lund, Sweden, Van Andel Research Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America, Spectrum Health Fredrik Meijer Heart and Vascular Institute, Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LT XX SMW BKF SJ. Performed the experiments: LT XX GM ICM DM. Analyzed the data: LT GM ICM AB SJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SMW BKF SJ. Wrote the paper: LT XX SJ.