About the Authors

Xian-Bing Gan

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China, Department of Physiology, Anhui University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Hefei, China

Tong-Yan Liu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Xiao-Qing Xiong

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Wei-Wei Chen

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Ye-Bo Zhou

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Guo-Qing Zhu

gqzhucn@njmu.edu.cn

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Disease and Molecular Intervention, Department of Physiology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XBG YBZ GQZ. Performed the experiments: XBG TYL XQX WWC. Analyzed the data: XBG TYL XQX WWC GQZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XBG GQZ. Wrote the paper: GQZ XBG TYL YBZ.