About the Authors

Feng-Yen Lin

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Nai-Wen Tsao

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Chun-Ming Shih

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Yi-Wen Lin

Affiliation Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Jong-Shiua Yeh

Affiliation Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Wan Fang Hospital, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan

Jaw-Wen Chen

Affiliation Department of Medical Education and Research, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Hironori Nakagami

Affiliation Division of Vascular Medicine and Epigenetics, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Ryuichi Morishita

Affiliation Department of Clinical Gene Therapy, Osaka University, Osaka, Japan

Tatsuya Sawamura

Affiliation Department of Bioscience, National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Osaka, Japan

Chun-Yao Huang

cyhuang@tmu.edu.tw

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, College of Medicine, Taipei Medical University, Taipei, Taiwan, Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine and Cardiovascular Research Center, Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FYL CYH. Performed the experiments: FYL YWL CYH. Analyzed the data: FYL CYH CMS JSY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NWT TS CYH. Wrote the paper: FYL CYH. Advisers for this study: HN RM JWC.