About the Authors

Jeffrey W. Streb

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Xiaochun Long

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Ting-Hein Lee

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Qiang Sun

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Chad M. Kitchen

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Mary A. Georger

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Orazio J. Slivano

Affiliation Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

William S. Blaner

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Columbia University, New York, New York, United States of America

Daniel W. Carr

Affiliation Portland Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Portland, Oregon, United States of America

Irwin H. Gelman

Affiliation Department of Cancer Genetics, Roswell Park Cancer Institute, Buffalo, New York, United States of America

Joseph M. Miano

j.m.miano@rochester.edu

Affiliations Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America, Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JWS JMM. Performed the experiments: JWS XL T-HL QS CMK MAG OJS WSB DWC. Analyzed the data: JWS XL T-HL WSB DWC IHG JMM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: WSB DWC IHG. Wrote the paper: JMM.