Author Contributions
Experiment idea was conceived by the ingenuity of G.K.A. H.S. and G.K.A
designed the experiments. G.K. A performed most of the experiments and
wrote the manuscript. G.A.K and H.H. isolated and cultured
PMɸ. A.O.A provided experimental animals. R.R. assisted
in making animal models, G.K.A. and T.M. performed sera cytokine
analysis. S.Y.A and S.K. performed PMɸ identification.
G.K.A., QM.D. L.K. and X.M. performed cardiac function assessments and
G.K.A., S.Y.A, and QM.D. analyzed data. G.K.A., A.O.A., R.R., S.Y.A.,
M.L.N.N, R.M. and J.O.M. proofread the manuscript.