About the Authors
- Hirotsugu Kobuchi
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* E-mail: hkobuchi@md.okayama-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Cell Chemistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Koko Moriya
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Affiliation Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
- Tetsuya Ogino
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Affiliation Department of Nursing Science, Faculty of Health and Welfare Science, Okayama Prefectural University, Soja, Japan
- Hirofumi Fujita
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Affiliation Department of Cytology and Histology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Keiji Inoue
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
- Taro Shuin
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Affiliation Department of Urology, Kochi Medical School, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan
- Tatsuji Yasuda
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Affiliation Department of Cell Chemistry, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Kozo Utsumi
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Affiliation Department of Cytology and Histology, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Japan
- Toshihiko Utsumi
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Affiliation Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HK TO KI TS TY KU TU. Performed the experiments: HK KM TO HF. Analyzed the data: HK KM TO HF KU TU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HK KM KI TS TY KU TU. Wrote the paper: HK KM TO KU TU.