About the Authors

Teruya Tamaru

tetamaru@med.toho-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Advanced Research Center for Medical Science, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuru Hattori

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 133-0033, Japan

Kousuke Honda

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 133-0033, Japan

Ivor Benjamin

Affiliation University of Utah Health Science Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America

Takeaki Ozawa

Affiliation Department of Chemistry, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 133-0033, Japan

Ken Takamatsu

Affiliation Department of Physiology and Advanced Research Center for Medical Science, Toho University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TT. Performed the experiments: TT MH KH. Analyzed the data: TT MH KH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TT IB TO KT. Wrote the paper: TT IB KT. Discussion: TT IB TO KT.