About the Authors

Marianne Smedegaard Hede

Contributed equally to this work with: Marianne Smedegaard Hede, Ekaterina Salimova

Affiliation European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)-Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy

Ekaterina Salimova

Contributed equally to this work with: Marianne Smedegaard Hede, Ekaterina Salimova

ekaterina.salimova@monash.edu (ES); nadia.rosenthal@monash.edu (NR)

Affiliations European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)-Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, EMBL Australia/Monash University, Melbourne, Australia

Agnieszka Piszczek

Affiliation European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)-Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy

Emarald Perlas

Affiliation European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)-Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy

Nadine Winn

Affiliation European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)-Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy

Tommaso Nastasi

Affiliation European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)-Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy

Nadia Rosenthal

ekaterina.salimova@monash.edu (ES); nadia.rosenthal@monash.edu (NR)

Affiliations European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL)-Mouse Biology Unit, Monterotondo, Rome, Italy, Australian Regenerative Medicine Institute, EMBL Australia/Monash University, Melbourne, Australia, National Heart and Lung Institute, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

As this work was partially supported by a sponsored research agreement with Novartis, the authors declare that the involvement of this commercial funder does not alter their adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MSH ES. Performed the experiments: MSH ES AP EP NW TN. Analyzed the data: MSH ES AP NW. Wrote the paper: MSH ES NR.