About the Authors

Jonathan L. Golob

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Bioengineering, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Roshan M. Kumar

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Matthew G. Guenther

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Lil M. Pabon

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Bioengineering, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Gabriel A. Pratt

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Bioengineering, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Jeanne F. Loring

Affiliation Center for Regenerative Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America

Louise C. Laurent

Affiliations Center for Regenerative Medicine, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, California, United States of America, Department of Reproductive Medicine, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America

Richard A. Young

Affiliation Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America

Charles E. Murry

murry@u.washington.edu

Affiliation Departments of Pathology and Bioengineering, Center for Cardiovascular Biology, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JLG CEM RAY JFL. Performed the experiments: JLG RMK MGG LCL GAP. Analyzed the data: JLG RMK MGG LCL LMP GAP CEM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JLG RMK MGG LCL JFL GAP RAY. Wrote the paper: JLG LMP CEM.