About the Authors

Haruki Sekiguchi

Affiliations Group of Vascular Regeneration Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan, Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, Yokohama Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Kanagawa, Japan

Masaaki Ii

asa777@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp (TA); masa0331@mac.com (MI)

Affiliations Group of Vascular Regeneration Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan, Group of Translational Stem Cell Research, Department of Pharmacology, Osaka Medical College, Osaka, Japan

Kentaro Jujo

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Ayumi Yokoyama

Affiliation Group of Vascular Regeneration Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan

Nobuhisa Hagiwara

Affiliation Yokohama Medical Center, National Hospital Organization, Kanagawa, Japan

Takayuki Asahara

asa777@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp (TA); masa0331@mac.com (MI)

Affiliations Group of Vascular Regeneration Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan, Regenerative Medicine Science, Tokai University, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MI HS. Performed the experiments: HS MI AY. Analyzed the data: HS MI AY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS NH KJ. Wrote the paper: HS MI TA.