About the Authors

Naif A. M. Almontashiri

Affiliations Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Center for Genetics and Inherited Diseases, Taibah University, Almadina, Saudi Arabia

Ragnar O. Vilmundarson

Affiliations Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Nima Ghasemzadeh

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America

Sonny Dandona

Affiliation Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Robert Roberts

Affiliations Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Arshed A. Quyyumi

Affiliation Department of Medicine, McGill University, Montreal, Canada

Hsiao-Huei Chen

hchen@uottawa.ca (HHC); astewart@ottawaheart.ca (AFRS)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Alexandre F. R. Stewart

hchen@uottawa.ca (HHC); astewart@ottawaheart.ca (AFRS)

Affiliations Ruddy Canadian Cardiovascular Genetics Centre, University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NAMA AFRS. Performed the experiments: NAMA. Analyzed the data: NAMA ROV HHC NG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RR AQ SD AFRS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: NAMA HHC NG RR AQ AFRS.