About the Authors

Frances L. Jourd'heuil

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Anthony M. Lowery

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Elaina M. Melton

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Sanie Mnaimneh

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America

Nathan S. Bryan

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bernadette O. Fernandez

Current address: University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom

Affiliation Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Joo-Ho Park

Affiliation R&D Planning Department, Cellrion Songdo-dong, Yeonsugu, Incheon, Republic of Korea

Chung-Eun Ha

Affiliation Department of Native Hawaiian Health, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Nadhipuram V. Bhagavan

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Biochemistry, and Physiology, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Martin Feelisch

Current address: University of Warwick Medical School, Coventry, United Kingdom

Affiliations Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center, Shreveport, Louisiana, United States of America, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

David Jourd'heuil

jourdhd@mail.amc.edu

Affiliation Center for Cardiovascular Sciences, Albany Medical College, Albany, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FLJ NVB MF DJ. Performed the experiments: FLJ AML EMM SM NSB BOF JHP CEH. Analyzed the data: FLJ DJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JHP CEH NVB. Wrote the paper: DJ. Edited manuscript: MF.