About the Authors
- Manabu Itoh
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
- Koichi Nakayama
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Affiliation Biomedical Engineering Course Advanced Technology, Fusion Graduate School of Science and Engineering, Saga University, Saga, Japan
- Ryo Noguchi
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
- Keiji Kamohara
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
- Kojirou Furukawa
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Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
- Kazuyoshi Uchihashi
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Affiliation Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
- Shuji Toda
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Affiliation Department of Pathology & Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
- Jun-ichi Oyama
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
- Koichi Node
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Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
- Shigeki Morita
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* E-mail: moritash@cc.saga-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan
Competing Interests
Co-author K. Nakayama is a co-founder and shareholder of Cyfuse Biomedical KK. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MI K. Nakayama KK KF SM. Performed the experiments: MI RN KU ST. Analyzed the data: JO K. Node. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: K. Nakayama. Wrote the paper: MI SM.