Kawada, Toru http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4429-1802
Li, Meihua
Nishiura, Akitsugu
Yoshida, Yuki
Yokota, Shohei
Matsushita, Hiroki
Fukumitsu, Masafumi
Uemura, Kazunori
Alexander, Joe Jr
Saku, Keita
Funding for this research was provided by:
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (22K08222)
Takeda Medical Research Foundation
Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (22ama121050j0001)
Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications (SCOPE: JP225006004)
National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center (21-2-7, 21-2-9)
Japan Science and Technology Agency (JPMJPF2018)
NTT Research
Article History
Received: 25 June 2023
Accepted: 4 September 2023
First Online: 13 September 2023
Declarations
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: Male Wistar–Kyoto (WKY) rats were purchased from Japan SLC. The rats were cared for strictly following the Guiding Principles for the Care and Use of Animals in the Field of Physiological Sciences, which have been approved by the Physiological Society of Japan. The Animal Subjects Committee at the National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center reviewed and approved the experimental protocols (No. 22033). As a reference, the data of body weight and heart weight obtained from age-matched WKY rats used in another study (No. 23013) were reported.
: Not applicable.
: KS received honoraria from ONO PHARMACEUTICAL CO., LTD. and Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH. Other authors declare no conflict of interest regarding this study.