About the Authors

Takeru Shiraki

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Takuma Aoyama

TKMAOYAMA@aol.com

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Chiharu Yokoyama

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Yuka Hayakawa

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Toshiki Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Kazuhiko Nishigaki

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Tatsuya Sawamura

Affiliations Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Japan, Department of Physiology, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto, Japan

Shinya Minatoguchi

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Gifu University Graduate School of Medicine, Gifu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TA. Performed the experiments: T. Shiraki TA CY YH TT KN. Analyzed the data: T. Shiraki TA T. Sawamura SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: T. Sawamura. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: T. Shiraki TA.