About the Authors

Kazuma Ogawa

kogawa@p.kanazawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Katsuichi Ohtsuki

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kameoka Hospital, Kameoka, Japan

Tomomi Shibata

Affiliation Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Miho Aoki

Affiliation Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Morio Nakayama

Affiliation Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan

Yoji Kitamura

Affiliation Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Masahiro Ono

Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

Masashi Ueda

Affiliation Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry, and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Okayama, Japan

Tomoki Doue

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Rinku General Medical Center, Izumisano, Japan

Masahisa Onoguchi

Affiliation Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Kazuhiro Shiba

Affiliation Advanced Science Research Center, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Akira Odani

Affiliation Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

Kazuma Ogawa received annexin A5 as a donation from Kowa Co. Ltd. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: K. Ogawa K. Ohtsuki. Performed the experiments: K. Ogawa TS MA YK MU M. Onoguchi. Analyzed the data: K. Ogawa TS MA TD KS AO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: K. Ogawa MN M. Ono. Wrote the paper: K. Ogawa.