About the Authors

Takahisa Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Cell Science, Institutes for Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Seisuke Arai

Affiliation Department of Cell Science, Institutes for Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Mayumi Takeuchi

Affiliation Department of Cell Science, Institutes for Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Chiye Sakurai

Affiliation Department of Cell Science, Institutes for Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Hideaki Ebana

Affiliation Department of Cell Science, Institutes for Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Tsunehito Higashi

Affiliation Department of Cell Science, Institutes for Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Hitoshi Hashimoto

Affiliation Department of Cell Science, Institutes for Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Kiyotaka Hatsuzawa

Affiliation Department of Cell Science, Institutes for Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Ikuo Wada

iwada@fmu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cell Science, Institutes for Biomedical Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IW. Performed the experiments: TS SA MT CS HE. Analyzed the data: IW TS HH KH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TS SA MT TH. Wrote the paper: IW KH.