About the Authors

Marie M. Lockhart

Contributed equally to this work with: Marie M. Lockhart, Elaine E. Wirrig

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Elaine E. Wirrig

Contributed equally to this work with: Marie M. Lockhart, Elaine E. Wirrig

Affiliation The Heart Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America

Aimee L. Phelps

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Angela V. Ghatnekar

Affiliation Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Jeremy L. Barth

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Russell A. Norris

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Andy Wessels

wesselsa@musc.edu

Affiliation Department of Regenerative Medicine and Cell Biology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MML EEW AVG RAN AW. Performed the experiments: MML EEW AP. Analyzed the data: MML EEW RAN AW JLB. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AVG RAN AW. Wrote the paper: MML EEW AW.