About the Authors

Yu Li

Current address: Institute for Nutritional Sciences, Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai, China

Affiliation Vascular Biology Section, Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Shanqin Xu

Affiliation Vascular Biology Section, Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Bingbing Jiang

Affiliation Vascular Biology Section, Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Richard A. Cohen

Affiliation Vascular Biology Section, Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mengwei Zang

mwzang1@bu.edu

Affiliation Vascular Biology Section, Department of Medicine, Whitaker Cardiovascular Institute, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

Mengwei Zang is currently an Academic Editor in PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YL BJ MZ. Performed the experiments: YL SX BJ MZ. Analyzed the data: YL SX BJ MZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RAC. Wrote the paper: YL BJ MZ.