About the Authors

Isik Turker

Affiliation Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Chih-Chieh Yu

Affiliations Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana, Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, National Taiwan University, Taipei, Taiwan

Po-Cheng Chang

Affiliation Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Zhenhui Chen

Affiliation Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Yoshiro Sohma

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Keio University School of Medicine, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan

Shien-Fong Lin

Affiliation Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Peng-Sheng Chen

Affiliation Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Tomohiko Ai

ait@iupui.edu

Affiliation Krannert Institute of Cardiology and Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IT CCY YS P-SC TA. Performed the experiments: IT CCY P-CC TA. Analyzed the data: IT CCY TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZC S-FL. Wrote the paper: IT TA.