About the Authors

Yoshihiko Kano

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Kuniyasu Soda

soda@jichi.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Research Institute, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Fumio Konishi

Affiliation Department of Surgery, Saitama Medical Center, Jichi Medical University, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YK KS FK. Performed the experiments: YK KS FK. Analyzed the data: YK KS FK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK KS FK. Wrote the paper: YK KS FK.