About the Authors

Yusuke Joki

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

Hakuoh Konishi

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration

konishi@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Ebinuma

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Tsukuba Research Institute, Sekisui Medical Co Ltd, Ryugasaki, Japan

Kiyoshi Takasu

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

Tohru Minamino

Roles Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Biology and Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo City, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

Hiroyuki Ebinuma is a paid employee of Tsukuba Research Institute, Sekisui Medical Co. Ltd. There are no patents, products in development or marketed products associated with this research to declare. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.