About the Authors

Tao Yang

taoyang@tongji.edu.cn

Affiliations Research Center for Translational Medicine, Shanghai East Hospital, Tongji University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China, Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Michael Rubart

Affiliations Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Mark H. Soonpaa

Affiliations Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Michael Didié

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Peter Christalla

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Wolfram-Hubertus Zimmermann

Affiliations Institute of Pharmacology, University Medical Center Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany, DZHK (German Center for Cardiovascular Research), partner site Göttingen, Göttingen, Germany

Loren J. Field

Affiliations Riley Heart Research Center, Herman B Wells Center for Pediatric Research, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America, Krannert Institute of Cardiology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TY WHZ LJF. Performed the experiments: TY MR MHS MD PC. Analyzed the data: TY MR LJF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TY MR WHZ LJF. Wrote the paper: TY LJF.