About the Authors
- Kazuki Noda
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Sota Nakajima
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Shigeo Godo
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Hiroki Saito
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Shohei Ikeda
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Toru Shimizu
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Budbazar Enkhjargal
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Yoshihiro Fukumoto
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Sohei Tsukita
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Diseases, Center for Metabolic Diseases, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Tetsuya Yamada
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Diseases, Center for Metabolic Diseases, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Hideki Katagiri
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Diseases, Center for Metabolic Diseases, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
- Hiroaki Shimokawa
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* E-mail: shimo@cardio.med.tohoku.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: H. Shimokawa is a consultant of Asahi Kasei Pharma Co. One of the co-authors, Yoshihiro Fukumoto is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE Editorial policies and criteria.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KN H. Shimokawa. Performed the experiments: SN BE SG H. Saito SI TS YF ST TY HK. Analyzed the data: KN H. Shimokawa. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KN SG H. Saito. Wrote the paper: KN H. Shimokawa.