About the Authors

Norifumi Urao

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Masooma Razvi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Jin Oshikawa

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ronald D. McKinney

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Rupal Chavda

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Wadie F. Bahou

Affiliation Department of Medicine, State University of New York at Stony Brook, Stony Brook, New York, United States of America

Tohru Fukai

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Masuko Ushio-Fukai

mfukai@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NU TF MUF. Performed the experiments: NU MR JO RM RC. Analyzed the data: NU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RM WFB. Wrote the paper: NU TF MUF.