About the Authors

Ying-Bin Wang

Affiliations Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China, Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Yun-Fang Liu

Affiliation Department of Diagnosis, College of Medicine, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Xiao-Ting Lu

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Fang-Fang Yan

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Bo Wang

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Wen-Wu Bai

Affiliation Key Laboratory of Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Yu-Xia Zhao

yuxia_zhao@126.com

Affiliation Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Qilu Hospital, Shandong University, Jinan, Shandong, China

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YBW YXZ YFL. Performed the experiments: YBW. Analyzed the data: YBW XTL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YBW YXZ XTL BW FFY WWB. Wrote the paper: YBW.