About the Authors
- Masato Furuhashi
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* E-mail: furuhasi@sapmed.ac.jp
Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Shutaro Ishimura
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Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Hideki Ota
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Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Manabu Hayashi
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Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei Hospital, Obihiro, Japan
- Takahiro Nishitani
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Affiliation Obihiro East Medical and Cardiovascular Clinic, Obihiro, Japan
- Marenao Tanaka
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Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Hideaki Yoshida
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Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
- Kazuaki Shimamoto
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Affiliation Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan
- Gökhan S. Hotamisligil
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Affiliation Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
- Tetsuji Miura
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Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MF KS. Performed the experiments: MF SI HO MH TN MT HY. Analyzed the data: MF MH TN. Wrote the paper: MF GSH TM.