About the Authors

Stela Z. Berisha

Contributed equally to this work with: Stela Z. Berisha, Jeffrey Hsu

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jeffrey Hsu

Contributed equally to this work with: Stela Z. Berisha, Jeffrey Hsu

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Peggy Robinet

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Jonathan D. Smith

smithj4@ccf.org

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America, Department of Molecular Medicine, Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine of Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SZB JH PR JDS. Performed the experiments: SZB JH PR. Analyzed the data: SZB JH PR JDS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JH JDS. Wrote the paper: SZB JH PR JDS. Conceived of the study, obtained funding, participated in its design and coordination, and helped assemble the final manuscript: JDS. Read and approved the final manuscript: SZB JH PR JDS .