About the Authors
- Eman A. Hamad
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Affiliations Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The Center for Translational Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Weizhong Zhu
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* E-mail: Arthur.Feldman@Temple.edu (AMF); Weizhong.Zhu@Temple.edu (WZ)
Affiliation Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Tung O. Chan
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The Center for Translational Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Valerie Myers
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Erhe Gao
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Xue Li
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The Center for Translational Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jin Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, The Center for Translational Medicine, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Jianliang Song
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Xue-Qian Zhang
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Joseph Y. Cheung
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Walter Koch
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Affiliation Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
- Arthur M. Feldman
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* E-mail: Arthur.Feldman@Temple.edu (AMF); Weizhong.Zhu@Temple.edu (WZ)
Affiliation Department of Physiology, Cardiovascular Research Center, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: EAH WZZ TOC AMF. Performed the experiments: EAH WZZ TOC VM EHG XL JZ JLS XQZ. Analyzed the data: EAH WZZ TOC JYC WK AMF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VM JZ. Wrote the paper: WZZ TOC AFM.