About the Authors

Eiichiro Yamamoto

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan

Keiichiro Kataoka

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan

Yi-Fei Dong

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Second Affiliated Hospital, Nanchang University, Nanchang, China

Nobutaka Koibuchi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan

Kensuke Toyama

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan

Daisuke Sueta

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan

Tetsuji Katayama

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan

Osamu Yasuda

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Clinical and Translational Research, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Hisao Ogawa

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan

Shokei Kim-Mitsuyama

kimmitsu@gpo.kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Molecular Therapeutics, Kumamoto University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EY SKM. Performed the experiments: EY SKM KK YFD NK KT DS TK OY HO. Analyzed the data: EY SKM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EY SKM. Wrote the paper: EY SKM.