About the Authors

Qingqing Wang

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Ning Zhao

Affiliations Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Simone Kennard

Affiliation Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta, Georgia, United States of America

Brenda Lilly

brenda.lilly@nationwidechildrens.org

Affiliations Center for Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Research, Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QW NZ BL. Performed the experiments: QW NZ SK BL. Analyzed the data: QW NZ BL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: QW NZ SK BL. Wrote the paper: QW NZ BL.