About the Authors

Toru Kimura

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Michi Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Kunimasa Yan

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Sakurai

hsakurai@ks.kyorin-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TK HS. Performed the experiments: TK MT. Analyzed the data: TK KY HS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KY HS. Wrote the paper: TK HS.