About the Authors

Norifumi Urao

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Varadarajan Sudhahar

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Seok-Jo Kim

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Gin-Fu Chen

Affiliation Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Ronald D. McKinney

Affiliations Department of Pharmacology, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Georg Kojda

Affiliation Institute of Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology, University Hospital Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany

Tohru Fukai

Affiliations Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, Jesse Brown Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Masuko Ushio-Fukai

mfukai@uic.edu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Center for Lung and Vascular Biology, Center for Cardiovascular Research, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: NU TF MU-F. Performed the experiments: NU VS S-JK G-FC RDM. Analyzed the data: NU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GK. Wrote the paper: NU MU-F.