About the Authors

Jingyao Fan

Affiliation Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, the State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Yiqing Song

Affiliations Institute of Vascular Medicine, Peking University Third Hospital, Ministry of Health, Beijing, People’s Republic of China, Department of Medicine, Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Yuyao Wang

Affiliation Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, the State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Rutai Hui

Affiliation Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, the State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Weili Zhang

zhangwl1747@yahoo.com.cn

Affiliation Sino-German Laboratory for Molecular Medicine, the State Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Diseases, FuWai Hospital, National Center for Cardiovascular Diseases, Peking Union Medical College and Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, People’s Republic of China

Competing Interests

Weili Zhang is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JYF RTH WLZ. Performed the experiments: JYF YYW YQS. Analyzed the data: JYF YYW WLZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JYF YYW YQS. Wrote the paper: JYF WLZ. Critical revision of the manuscript for important intellectual contents: YQS RTH.