About the Authors

Siân P. Cartland

Affiliations Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, The Heart Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Jonathan H. Erlich

Affiliation Prince of Wales Clinical School, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Mary M. Kavurma

mary.kavurma@hri.org.au

Affiliations Centre for Vascular Research, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, The Heart Research Institute, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, Faculty of Medicine, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Competing Interests

The original TRAIL-/- mice were sourced from Amgen (MTA 200704500). There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. 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: SC JE MK. Performed the experiments: SC JE MK. Analyzed the data: SC JE MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SC JE MK. Wrote the paper: SC JE MK.