About the Authors

Anna Leychenko

Affiliations Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Center for Cardiovascular Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America, Department of Molecular Bioscience and Bioengineering, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Eugene Konorev

Affiliation Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Hawaii-Hilo College of Pharmacy, Hilo, Hawaii, United States of America

Mayumi Jijiwa

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Center for Cardiovascular Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Michelle L. Matter

matter@hawaii.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell and Molecular Biology and Center for Cardiovascular Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MLM EK. Performed the experiments: AL EK. Analyzed the data: MLM EK AL MJ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MLM. Wrote the paper: MLM AL. Performed research: MJ.