About the Authors

Takeshi Hashimoto

hasimoty@med.kagawa-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

Junsuke Igarashi

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

Arif U. Hasan

Affiliation Department of Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

Koji Ohmori

Affiliation Department of Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

Masakazu Kohno

Affiliation Department of Cardiorenal and Cerebrovascular Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

Yukiko Nagai

Affiliation Life Science Research Center, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

Tetsuo Yamashita

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

Hiroaki Kosaka

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University, Kagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: TH AUH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AUH KO TY YN. Wrote the manuscript: TH. Designed and planned the experiments: TH. Analyzed and collected data: TH. Reviewed/edited the manuscript: AUH JI KO MK HK.