About the Authors

Fei Jing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Masaki Mogi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Li-Juan Min

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Kousei Ohshima

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Hirotomo Nakaoka

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Kana Tsukuda

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Xiaoli Wang

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Jun Iwanami

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Masatsugu Horiuchi

horiuchi@m.ehime-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cardiovascular Biology and Pharmacology, Ehime University Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM MH. Performed the experiments: FJ KO LJM HN KT XW JI. Analyzed the data: FJ KO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FJ KO HN JI. Wrote the paper: FJ MM MH.