About the Authors

David H. Lovett

david.lovett@va.gov

Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Rajeev Mahimkar

Current address: BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, California, United States of America

Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Robert L. Raffai

Affiliation Department of Surgery, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Leslie Cape

Affiliation Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Elena Maklashina

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Gary Cecchini

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Joel S. Karliner

Affiliations Department of Medicine, San Francisco Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America, The Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DHL RM. Performed the experiments: DL RM LC EM RR. Analyzed the data: DHL RM JK EM RR GC. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DHL RM RR. Wrote the paper: DHL JK.