About the Authors

Dov Shiffman

dov.shiffman@celera.com

Affiliation Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America

John P. Kane

Affiliation Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America

Judy Z. Louie

Affiliation Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America

Andre R. Arellano

Affiliation Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America

David A. Ross

Affiliation Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America

Joseph J. Catanese

Affiliation Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America

Mary J. Malloy

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Stephen G. Ellis

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

James J. Devlin

Affiliation Celera, Alameda, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

DS, JL, AA, DR, JC and JD are current employees of Celera. J.K. and M.M. received funding from the University of California Discovery Grant Program which is jointly funded by the University of California and the State of California with matching funds from Celera. S.E. had been a paid consultant of Celera.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DS JJD. Performed the experiments: ARA JC. Analyzed the data: DS JZL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JPK DR MM SGE. Wrote the paper: DS ARA JJD.