1. Departments of Cardiovascular Medicine (J.M., S. Takada, S.K., T.F., H.N., N.K., M.T., A.F., T.Y., T.A.), Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
2. Cancer Pathology (S. Tanaka), Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
3. Biochemistry (M.W., S.H.), Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
4. Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Medical Institute of Bioregulation (M.M., K.I.N.), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.
5. Molecular Biology (Y.O., H.S.), Faculty of Medicine and Graduate School of Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
6. Department of Molecular Biology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medical Science, Japan (H. Takahashi).
7. Department of Cardiovascular Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences (H. Tsutsui), Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan.