About the Authors

Taku Yasui

Affiliations Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Takeshi Masaki

Affiliations Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Yoh Arita

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

Tomohiko Ishibashi

Affiliation Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Tadakatsu Inagaki

Affiliation Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Makoto Okazawa

Affiliation Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Toru Oka

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan

Wataru Shioyama

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan

Keiko Yamauchi-Takihara

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

Issei Komuro

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yasushi Sakata

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

Yoshikazu Nakaoka

ynakaoka@ncvc.go.jp

Affiliations Department of Vascular Physiology, National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan, Precursory Research for Embryonic Science and Technology (PRESTO), Japan Science Technology Agency, Kawaguchi, Saitama, 332-0012, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TY YN. Funding acquisition: YN. Investigation: TY TM YA T. Ishibashi T. Inagaki MO TO WS. Project administration: YN. Resources: TY KYT IK YN. Supervision: YS YN. Writing – original draft: TY YN. Writing – review & editing: YN.