About the Authors

Ryuji Okamoto

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Investigation, Resources, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

ryuji@clin.medic.mie-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Itaru Goto

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Yuhei Nishimura

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoinformatics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Issei Kobayashi

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Core-Lab, Graduate School of Regional Innovation Studies, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Ryotaro Hashizume

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Matrix Biology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Yoshinori Yoshida

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Rie Ito

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Yuhko Kobayashi

Roles Data curation, Methodology

Affiliation Core-Lab, Graduate School of Regional Innovation Studies, Mie University, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Misato Nishikawa

Roles Methodology

Affiliation Department of Cell Growth and Differentiation, Center for iPS Cell Research and Application, Kyoto University, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto, Japan

Yusuf Ali

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Shunsuke Saito

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Toshio Tanaka

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, Pharmacogenomics and Pharmacoinformatics, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Yoshiki Sawa

Roles Investigation, Resources

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Masaaki Ito

Roles Conceptualization, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Kaoru Dohi

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Tsu, Mie, Japan

Competing Interests

The Department of Cardiology and Nephrology, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, received research grants from Bristol-Myers Squibb, MSD K.K., Pfizer Japan Inc., Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Astellas Pharma Inc., Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Genzyme Japan, Shionogi & Co., Ltd., Sumitomo Dainippon Pharma Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Corporation, Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd., AstraZeneca K.K., and Boehringer Ingelheim Co., Ltd. Masaaki Ito received lecture fees from Daiichi Sankyo Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Mitsubishi Tanabe Corporation, Bayer Yakuhin, Ltd. and Takeda Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. Yoshinoi Yoshida owns stock in iPS Portal, Inc. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products to declare.