About the Authors

Sang Hun Lee

Affiliations Medical Science Research Institute Soonchunhyang University Seoul Hospital Seoul, Korea, Laboratory for Vascular Medicine & Stem Cell Biology, Medical Research Institute, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan, Korea, Department of Medical Bioscience, Soonchunhyang University Asan, Asan, Korea

Jun Hee Lee

Affiliations Laboratory for Vascular Medicine & Stem Cell Biology, Medical Research Institute, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan, Korea, Immunoregulatory Therapeutics Group in Brain Busan 21 Project, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan, Korea

Takayuki Asahara

Affiliations Stem Cell Translational Research, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation/RIKEN Center for Developmental Biology, Kobe, Japan, Department of Regenerative Medicine Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Japan

Yong Sook Kim

Affiliation Heart Research Center, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea

Hae Chang Jeong

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea

Youngkeun Ahn

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chonnam National University Hospital, Gwangju, Korea

Jin Sup Jung

Affiliation Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Gyeongnam, Korea

Sang-Mo Kwon

smkwon323@hotmail.com

Affiliations Laboratory for Vascular Medicine & Stem Cell Biology, Medical Research Institute, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan, Korea, Immunoregulatory Therapeutics Group in Brain Busan 21 Project, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Pusan National University Yangsan, Korea

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SHL. Performed the experiments: SHL. Analyzed the data: SHL JHL TA YSK HCJ YA JSJ SMK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SHL. Wrote the paper: SHL JHL TA YSK HCJ YA JSJ SMK. Collection and assembly of data: SHL SMK.