About the Authors

Junji Okuda

Contributed equally to this work with: Junji Okuda, Shinnichiro Niizuma

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Shinnichiro Niizuma

Contributed equally to this work with: Junji Okuda, Shinnichiro Niizuma

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Tetsuo Shioi

tshioi@kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Takao Kato

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Yasutaka Inuzuka

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Tsuneaki Kawashima

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Yodo Tamaki

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Akira Kawamoto

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Yohei Tanada

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Yoshitaka Iwanaga

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Michiko Narazaki

Affiliation Department of Systems Science, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Tetsuya Matsuda

Affiliation Department of Systems Science, Graduate School of Informatics, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Souichi Adachi

Affiliation Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Tomoyoshi Soga

Affiliation Institute for Advanced Biosciences, Keio University, Tsuruoka, Japan

Genzou Takemura

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Hiroshi Kondoh

Affiliation Department of Geriatric Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Toru Kita

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Takeshi Kimura

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: T. Shioi. Performed the experiments: JO SN T. Kato Y. Inuzuka T. Kawashima Y. Tamaki AK Y. Tanada Y. Iwanaga MN TM SA T. Soga GT. Analyzed the data: JO SN T. Shioi. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK. Wrote the paper: JO SN. Supported the experiments: T. Kita T. Kimura.