About the Authors

James J. Logie

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Sadaf Ali

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Kathryn M. Marshall

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Margarete M. S. Heck

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Brian R. Walker

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Patrick W. F. Hadoke

phadoke@staffmail.ed.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JJL MH BRW PWFH. Performed the experiments: JJL SA KMM. Analyzed the data: JJL SA KMM MH BRW PWFH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MH BRW. Wrote the paper: JJL KMM MH BRW PWFH.