About the Authors

Ferhaan Ahmad

ahmadf@upmc.edu

Affiliations Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Human Genetics, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Sanjay K. Banerjee

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michele L. Lage

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Xueyin N. Huang

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Stephen H. Smith

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Samir Saba

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Jennifer Rager

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

David A. Conner

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Andrzej M. Janczewski

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Kimimasa Tobita

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Joseph P. Tinney

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Ivan P. Moskowitz

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Antonio R. Perez-Atayde

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Children's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bradley B. Keller

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Michael A. Mathier

Affiliation Cardiovascular Institute, Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Sanjeev G. Shroff

Affiliation Department of Bioengineering, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Christine E. Seidman

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

J. G. Seidman

Affiliation Department of Genetics, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FA KT SS. Performed the experiments: FA SB ML XH SHS SS JR DC AJ JT IM. Analyzed the data: FA SB SHS SS AP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CS FA BK MM SS JS. Wrote the paper: FA SHS SS JS.