About the Authors
- Billy Chen
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Contributed equally to this work with: Billy Chen, Lin Zhong
Affiliation Molecular Medicine Program, Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Lin Zhong
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Contributed equally to this work with: Billy Chen, Lin Zhong
Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Sarah F. Roush
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Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Laura Pentassuglia
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Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Xuyang Peng
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Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Susan Samaras
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Jeffrey M. Davidson
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Affiliations Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America, Research Service, Veterans Affairs Tennessee Valley Healthcare System, Nashville, Tennessee, United Sates of America
- Douglas B. Sawyer
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Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
- Chee Chew Lim
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* E-mail: chee.lim@vanderbilt.edu
Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: DBS has received grant support from Genentech, Inc., Roch, Inc., and Acorda Therapuetics, Inc. DBS has been a consultant for Oncothyreon, Millenium Pharmaceuticals, and Regeneron. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: BC LZ CCL. Performed the experiments: BC LZ SFR LP. Analyzed the data: BC LZ CCL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XP SS JMD DBS CCL. Wrote the paper: BC CCL.