About the Authors

Lincoln T. Shenje

Affiliation Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Loren J. Field

Affiliation Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Catrin A. Pritchard

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Christopher J. Guerin

Affiliation MRC Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Michael Rubart

Affiliation Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Mark H. Soonpaa

Affiliation Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Division of Pediatric Cardiology and Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Keng-Leong Ang

Affiliation Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Manuel Galiñanes

mg50@le.ac.uk

Affiliation Cardiac Surgery Unit, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LF LS MG MR CG CP. Performed the experiments: LS MR MS CG KA. Analyzed the data: LF LS MG MR MS CG KA CP. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LF LS MG MR CG CP. Wrote the paper: LF LS MG MR CG KA CP.