About the Authors
- Jin Yu
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jin Yu, Ngan F. Huang, Kitchener D. Wilson
Affiliations Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi'an, People's Republic of China, Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Ngan F. Huang
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jin Yu, Ngan F. Huang, Kitchener D. Wilson
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Kitchener D. Wilson
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Contributed equally to this work with: Jin Yu, Ngan F. Huang, Kitchener D. Wilson
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Jeffrey B. Velotta
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Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Mei Huang
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Zongjin Li
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Andrew Lee
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Robert C. Robbins
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Affiliation Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- John P. Cooke
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America
- Joseph C. Wu
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* E-mail: joewu@stanford.edu
Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, United States of America, Department of Radiology and Molecular Imaging Program at Stanford (MIPS), Stanford University, Stanford, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Dr. Cooke is an inventor on Stanford University patents related to therapeutic applications of the nAChR pathway for therapeutic modulation of angiogenesis. These patents have been licensed to CoMentis Inc., in which company Dr. Cooke has equity.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RR JPC JCW. Performed the experiments: JY NFH JBV MH ZL AL. Analyzed the data: JY NFH KDW JBV MH ZL AL RR JPC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NFH JBV MH ZL AL. Wrote the paper: JY NFH KDW JPC JCW.