About the Authors

Sabine Groenke

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Eric D. Larson

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Sarah Alber

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Rui Zhang

Affiliation Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Scott T. Lamp

Affiliation Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Xiaoyan Ren

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Haruko Nakano

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Maria C. Jordan

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Hrayr S. Karagueuzian

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Kenneth P. Roos

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Atsushi Nakano

Affiliation Department of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology, Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Catherine Proenza

Affiliation Department of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, United States of America

Kenneth D. Philipson

Affiliation Cardiovascular Research Laboratories, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Joshua I. Goldhaber

Joshua.Goldhaber@cshs.org

Affiliation Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KDP JIG. Performed the experiments: SG EDL SA RZ XR HN MCJ HSK KPR AN CP. Analyzed the data: SG EDL CP KPR HSK AN STL KDP JIG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KPR AN CP KDP JIG. Wrote the paper: SG KDP JIG.