About the Authors

Iain Sawyer

Current address: Department of Cardiology, King's College London School of Medicine, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Vascular Biology Section, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, British Heart Foundation Centre, London, United Kingdom

Sarah-Jane Smillie

Affiliation Vascular Biology Section, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, British Heart Foundation Centre, London, United Kingdom

Jennifer V. Bodkin

Affiliation Vascular Biology Section, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, British Heart Foundation Centre, London, United Kingdom

Elizabeth Fernandes

Affiliation Vascular Biology Section, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, British Heart Foundation Centre, London, United Kingdom

Kevin T. O'Byrne

Affiliation Division of Women's Health, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

Susan D. Brain

sue.brain@kcl.ac.uk

Affiliation Vascular Biology Section, Cardiovascular Division, King's College London, British Heart Foundation Centre, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IS KTO SDB. Performed the experiments: IS SJS JVB EF. Analyzed the data: IS SJS JVB EF SDB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KTO. Wrote the paper: IS SJS JVB EF KTO SDB.