About the Authors

Joshua Denham

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Ballarat, Mt Helen, Australia

Christopher P. Nelson

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Brendan J. O’Brien

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Ballarat, Mt Helen, Australia

Scott A. Nankervis

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Ballarat, Mt Helen, Australia

Matthew Denniff

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Jack T. Harvey

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Ballarat, Mt Helen, Australia

Francine Z. Marques

Affiliation School of Health Sciences, University of Ballarat, Mt Helen, Australia

Veryan Codd

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Ewa Zukowska-Szczechowska

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Diabetology and Nephrology, Medical University of Silesia, Zabrze, Poland

Nilesh J. Samani

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Maciej Tomaszewski

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Fadi J. Charchar

f.charchar@ballarat.edu.au

Affiliations School of Health Sciences, University of Ballarat, Mt Helen, Australia, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester and National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leicester Cardiovascular Biomedical Research Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FJC MT NJS EZ. Performed the experiments: JD VC SAN MD. Analyzed the data: JD VC CPN JH FJC MT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NJS MT EZ. Wrote the paper: JD BJO FZM VC JH MT FJC CPN.