About the Authors
- Frank H. Lau
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Affiliation Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Rahul C. Deo
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Affiliation Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Gregory Mowrer
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Affiliation Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Joshua Caplin
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Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Tim Ahfeldt
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Affiliations Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Adam Kaplan
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Affiliation Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Leon Ptaszek
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Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Jennifer D. Walker
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Affiliation Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Bruce R. Rosengard
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Affiliation Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Chad A. Cowan
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* E-mail: ccowan@fas.harvard.edu
Affiliations Center for Regenerative Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America, Department of Stem Cell and Regenerative Biology, Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States of America
Competing Interests
One research grant from a commercial source (GlaxoSmithKline). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JC LP JDW BRR CAC. Performed the experiments: FHL GM JC TA AK LP JDW BRR CAC. Analyzed the data: FHL RCD GW TA AK CAC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FHL RCD JDW BRR CAC. Wrote the paper: FHL RCD GM AK CAC.