About the Authors

Chuwen Lin

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Hai Song

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Cecilia Huang

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Erica Yao

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Rhodora Gacayan

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Shan-Mei Xu

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Pao-Tien Chuang

pao-tien.chuang@ucsf.edu

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: CWL HS CH EY PTC. Performed the experiments: CWL HS CH EY RG PTC. Analyzed the data: CWL HS CH EY PTC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CWL HS CH EY SMX. Wrote the paper: CWL CH EY PTC.