About the Authors

Jin Oshikawa

Affiliations Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Norifumi Urao

Affiliations Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ha Won Kim

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Nihal Kaplan

Affiliations Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Masooma Razvi

Affiliations Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ronald McKinney

Affiliations Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Leslie B. Poole

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States of America

Tohru Fukai

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Masuko Ushio-Fukai

mfukai@uic.edu

Affiliations Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Department of Pharmacology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JO NK MR TF MUF. Performed the experiments: JO NU HWK. Analyzed the data: JO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NU NK MR RM LBP. Wrote the paper: JO TF MUF.