About the Authors

Michelle Wehling-Henricks

Affiliation Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Maria C. Jordan

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Tomomi Gotoh

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Kumamoto University School of Medicine, Kumamoto, Japan

Wayne W. Grody

Affiliations Department of Human Genetics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kenneth P. Roos

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Laboratory, Department of Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

James G. Tidball

jtidball@physci.ucla.edu

Affiliations Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Molecular, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Program, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JGT. Performed the experiments: MWH MJ. Analyzed the data: MWH MJ KR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TG WG. Wrote the paper: JGT.