About the Authors

Jonathan E. Feig

Affiliation Division of Cardiology (Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology), Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yueting Shang

Affiliation Division of Cardiology (Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology), Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Noemi Rotllan

Affiliation Division of Cardiology (Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology), Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Yuliya Vengrenyuk

Affiliation Division of Cardiology (Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology), Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Chaowei Wu

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Raanan Shamir

Current address: Institute of Gastroenterology, Nutrition and Liver Diseases, Schneider Children's Medical Center of Israel, Petach-Tikva, Israel

Affiliation Division of Cardiology (Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology), Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Ines Pineda Torra

Current address: Division of Medicine, Centre for Clinical Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Carlos Fernandez-Hernando

Affiliation Division of Cardiology (Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology), Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Edward A. Fisher

edward.fisher@nyumc.org (EAF); michael.garabedian@nyumc.org (MJG)

Affiliation Division of Cardiology (Marc and Ruti Bell Program in Vascular Biology), Department of Medicine, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Michael J. Garabedian

edward.fisher@nyumc.org (EAF); michael.garabedian@nyumc.org (MJG)

Affiliation Department of Microbiology, New York University School of Medicine, New York, New York, United States of America

Competing Interests

Although the authors received funding for this study from commercial sources (Pfizer and Astra-Zeneca), they declare that there are not employed by either company, do not receive consulting fees from either entity, hold no patents with these companies, and are not involved with products in development or marketed products. In addition, the authors adhere to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JEF YS NR YV CW IPT CFH EAF MJG. Performed the experiments: JEF YS NR YV CW RS. Analyzed the data: JEF YS NR YV CW RS IPT CFH EAF MJG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CFH EAF MJG. Wrote the paper: JEF EAF MJG.