1. Department of Nephrology, Rheumatology, Endocrinology and Metabolism, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
2. Department of Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Disease, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
3. Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
4. Saha Cardiovascular Research Center, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
5. Department of Physiology, College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
6. Department of Vascular Biology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan