About the Authors

Takeshi Suzuki

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Takao Shioya

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, Saga University, Saga, Japan

Takashi Murayama

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Masami Sugihara

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Fuminori Odagiri

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Yuji Nakazato

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroto Nishizawa

Affiliations Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Akihito Chugun

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Sakurai

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Daida

Affiliation Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Sachio Morimoto

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Nagomi Kurebayashi

nagomik@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: T. Suzuki T. Shioya TM SM NK. Performed the experiments: T. Suzuki T. Shioya TM MS FO HN AC NK. Analyzed the data: T. Suzuki T. Shioya TM MS SM NK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YN T. Sakurai HD. Wrote the paper: T. Suzuki T. Shioya TM YN SM NK.