About the Authors

Kunichika Tsumoto

tsumoto@pharma2.med.osaka-u.ac.jp (KT); ykurachi@pharma2.med.osaka-u.ac.jp (YK)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Graduate school of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

Takashi Ashihara

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Japan

Ryo Haraguchi

Affiliation Department of Medical Informatics, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Kazuo Nakazawa

Affiliation Laboratory of Biomedical Science and Information Management, Research Institute, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Japan

Yoshihisa Kurachi

tsumoto@pharma2.med.osaka-u.ac.jp (KT); ykurachi@pharma2.med.osaka-u.ac.jp (YK)

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Graduate school of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan, Center for Advanced Medical Engineering and Informatics, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT TA YK. Performed the experiments: KT TA. Analyzed the data: KT TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT TA RH. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: KT TA RH KN YK.