About the Authors

Takanobu Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Jaemin Byun

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Peiyong Zhai

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Yoshiyuki Ikeda

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Shinichi Oka

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Junichi Sadoshima

sadoshju@njms.rutgers.edu

Affiliation Department of Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, New Jersey, United States of America

Competing Interests

Junichi Sadoshima is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. In addition, none of the authors have any potential competing interests.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TY JB JS. Performed the experiments: TY JB PZ YI SO. Analyzed the data: TY JB PZ YI SO. Wrote the paper: TY JS.