1. Molecular Cardiology and Angiogenesis Laboratory, Department of Surgery, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut.
2. Department of Surgery, Saint Mary's Hospital, Waterbury, Connecticut.
3. Department of Cell Biology, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, Connecticut.
4. Second Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi City, Japan.
5. Department of Cancer Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.