[1] Rutgers New Jersey Med Sch, Cardiovasc Res Inst, Dept Cell Biol & Mol Med, 185 South Orange Ave,MSB G609, Newark, NJ 07103 USA
[2] Tohoku Univ, Grad Sch Med, Dept Cardiovasc Med, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan
[3] Sapienza Univ Rome, Dept Medicosurg Sci & Biotechnol, Latina, Italy
[4] Ist Ricovero & Cura Carattere Sci Neuromed, Pozzilli, Italy
[5] Natl Yang Ming Univ, Taipei Vet Gen Hosp, Sch Med, Div Cardiovasc Surg,Dept Surg, Taipei, Taiwan