About the Authors

Masato Furuhashi

furuhasi@sapmed.ac.jp

Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Shutaro Ishimura

Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Hideki Ota

Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Manabu Hayashi

Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Obihiro Kosei Hospital, Obihiro, Japan

Takahiro Nishitani

Affiliation Obihiro East Medical and Cardiovascular Clinic, Obihiro, Japan

Marenao Tanaka

Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Hideaki Yoshida

Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Sapporo Medical University School of Medicine, Sapporo, Japan

Kazuaki Shimamoto

Affiliation Sapporo Medical University, Sapporo, Japan

Gökhan S. Hotamisligil

Affiliation Department of Genetics and Complex Diseases, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Tetsuji Miura

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.