About the Authors

Charles X. Kim

Affiliation Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Kent R. Bailey

Affiliation Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

George G. Klee

Affiliation Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Allison A. Ellington

Affiliation Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Guanghui Liu

Affiliation Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Thomas H. Mosley Jr.

Affiliation Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Hamid Rehman

Affiliation Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Iftikhar J. Kullo

kullo.iftikhar@mayo.edu

Affiliation Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: THMJ IJK. Performed the experiments: GGK AAE. Analyzed the data: CXK KRB GGK AAE GL HR. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KRB GGK AAE. Wrote the paper: CXK HR IJK.