About the Authors

Simon S. F. Cheung

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Justin W. C. Leung

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Amy K. M. Lam

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Karen S. L. Lam

Affiliations Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Stephen S. M. Chung

Affiliations Department of Physiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Amy C. Y. Lo

amylo@ hku.hk (ACYL); skchung@hkucc.hku.hk (SKC)

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Sookja K. Chung

amylo@ hku.hk (ACYL); skchung@hkucc.hku.hk (SKC)

Affiliations Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China, Research Centre of Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging, Li Ka Shing Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SSFC ACYL SKC. Performed the experiments: SSFC JWCL AKML ACYL. Analyzed the data: SSFC AKML KSLL SSMC ACYL SKC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KSLL SSMC ACYL SKC. Wrote the paper: SSFC KSLL SSMC ACYL SKC.