About the Authors
- Ji-Dong Fu
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Affiliation University of California School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America
- Stephanie N. Rushing
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Affiliations University of California School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America, Center of Cardiovascular Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Deborah K. Lieu
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Affiliations University of California School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America, Center of Cardiovascular Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Camie W. Chan
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Affiliations University of California School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Department of Anatomy, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Chi-Wing Kong
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Affiliations Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Consortium, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging Research Center, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Lin Geng
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Affiliation Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Consortium, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
- Kitchener D. Wilson
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Nipavan Chiamvimonvat
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Affiliation University of California School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America
- Kenneth R. Boheler
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Affiliations Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Consortium, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Laboratory of Cardiovascular Science, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
- Joseph C. Wu
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Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Radiology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California, United States of America
- Gordon Keller
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Affiliation McEwen Central for Regenerative Medicine, University Health Network, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
- Roger J. Hajjar
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Affiliation Center of Cardiovascular Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America
- Ronald A. Li
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* E-mail: ronald.li@mssm.edu
Affiliations University of California School of Medicine, Davis, California, United States of America, Center of Cardiovascular Research, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America, Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Department of Physiology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine Consortium, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, Heart, Brain, Hormone and Healthy Aging Research Center, LKS Faculty of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong
Competing Interests
This work has received support from VistaGen Therapeutics, Inc., South San Francisco, CA. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RAL JCW DKL CWC. Performed the experiments: JDF SNR DKL CWK LG KDW. Analyzed the data: JDF SNR DKL CWK LG KDW KRB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAL GK RJH NC. Wrote the paper: RAL JDF SNR.