About the Authors

Masami Sugihara

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

Fuminori Odagiri

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

Takeshi Suzuki

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

Takashi Murayama

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

Yuji Nakazato

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

Kana Unuma

Affiliations Section of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Forensic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Ken-ichi Yoshida

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

Hiroyuki Daida

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

Takashi Sakurai

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Assisted with the analysis: KY YN HD TS SM. Discussed the results and commented on the manuscript: MS FO TS TM YN KU KY HD TS SM NK. Conceived and designed the experiments: MS FO TS NK. Performed the experiments: MS FO TS TM KU NK. Analyzed the data: MS FO TS TM KU NK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM. Wrote the paper: MS NK.