About the Authors
- Seiji Shiota
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Affiliations Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan, Department of General Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
- Masahide Watada
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Affiliations Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan, Department of General Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
- Osamu Matsunari
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Affiliations Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan, Department of General Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
- Shun Iwatani
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Affiliation Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
- Rumiko Suzuki
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Affiliation Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan
- Yoshio Yamaoka
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* E-mail: yyamaoka@oita-u.ac.jp
Affiliations Department of Environmental and Preventive Medicine, Oita University Faculty of Medicine, Hasama-machi, Yufu-City, Oita, Japan, Department of Medicine-Gastroenterology, Baylor College of Medicine and Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, Texas, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SS YY SI RS. Performed the experiments: SS YY MW OM. Analyzed the data: SS YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS YY MW OM. Wrote the paper: SS YY.