About the Authors

Lina A. Shehadeh

lshehadeh@med.miami.edu (LAS); RVazquez@med.miami.edu (RIV-P)

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Vascular Biology Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Keith A. Webster

Affiliations Vascular Biology Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Pharmacology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Joshua M. Hare

Affiliations Department of Medicine, Division of Cardiology, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Roberto I. Vazquez-Padron

lshehadeh@med.miami.edu (LAS); RVazquez@med.miami.edu (RIV-P)

Affiliations Vascular Biology Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of Miami Leonard M. Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: LAS RV-P. Performed the experiments: LAS RV-P. Analyzed the data: LAS RV-P. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: LAS RV-P KAW JMH. Wrote the paper: LAS RV-P.