About the Authors

Mari Ishida

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Takafumi Ishida

ishidat@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Satoshi Tashiro

Affiliation Department of Cellular Biology, Research Institute for Radiation Biology and Medicine, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Hitomi Uchida

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Chiemi Sakai

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Naoya Hironobe

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Katsuya Miura

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Yu Hashimoto

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Koji Arihiro

Affiliation Department of Anatomical Pathology, Hiroshima University Hospital, Hiroshima, Japan

Kazuaki Chayama

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Yasuki Kihara

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Masao Yoshizumi

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Physiology and Medicine, Hiroshima University Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MI TI. Performed the experiments: MI HU CS NH KM YH KA. Analyzed the data: ST KC. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: MI TI YK MY.