About the Authors

Hideya Kawasaki

gloria@hama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Second Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Isao Kosugi

Affiliation Department of Second Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Yoshifumi Arai

Affiliation Department of Second Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Toshihide Iwashita

Affiliation Department of Second Pathology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Yoshihiro Tsutsui

Affiliation Faculty of Health Science, Hamamatsu University, Hamamatsu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK. Performed the experiments: HK IK YA. Analyzed the data: HK IK YA TI YT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK IK YA TI. Wrote the paper: HK YT.