About the Authors

Tatsuya Maruhashi

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuya Maruhashi, Kensuke Noma

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Kensuke Noma

Contributed equally to this work with: Tatsuya Maruhashi, Kensuke Noma

Affiliation Department of Regeneration and Medicine, Research Center for Radiation Genome Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine (RIRBM), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yumiko Iwamoto

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Akimichi Iwamoto

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Nozomu Oda

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Masato Kajikawa

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Takeshi Matsumoto

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Takayuki Hidaka

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yasuki Kihara

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Kazuaki Chayama

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Ayumu Nakashima

Affiliation Department of Regeneration and Medicine, Medical Center for Translational and Clinical Research, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Chikara Goto

Affiliation Department of Integrated Rehabilitation, Hiroshima International University, Hiroshima, Japan

James K. Liao

Affiliation Section of Cardiology, University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL, United States of America

Yukihito Higashi

yhigashi@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Regeneration and Medicine, Research Center for Radiation Genome Medicine, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine (RIRBM), Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan, Department of Regeneration and Medicine, Medical Center for Translational and Clinical Research, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YH KN JKL T. Maruhashi. Performed the experiments: KN T. Maruhashi YI AI NO MK T. Matsumoto TH YK KC CG. Analyzed the data: YK KN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AN. Wrote the paper: YH KN T. Maruhashi.