About the Authors

Dean P. J. Kavanagh

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Adrian I. Yemm

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Yan Zhao

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Jon Frampton

Affiliation School of Immunity and Infection, Institute of Biomedical Research, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Neena Kalia

n.kalia@bham.ac.uk

Affiliation Centre for Cardiovascular Sciences, College of Medical and Dental Sciences, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DPJK JF NK. Performed the experiments: DPJK AIY YZ. Analyzed the data: DPJK AIY YZ. Wrote the paper: DPJK NK.