About the Authors

Akinori Hishiya

Affiliation Cardiovascular Group, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Mortada Najem Salman

Affiliation Cardiovascular Group, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Serena Carra

Affiliation Department of Radiation and Stress Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Harm H. Kampinga

Affiliation Department of Radiation and Stress Cell Biology, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands

Shinichi Takayama

Takayama@bbri.org

Affiliation Cardiovascular Group, Boston Biomedical Research Institute, Watertown, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: AH MNS ST. Performed the experiments: AH MNS ST. Analyzed the data: AH MNS ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AH MNS SC HHK ST. Wrote the paper: AH ST.