About the Authors

Shigeo Koido

shigeo_koido@jikei.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Institute of Clinical Medicine and Research, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Oncology, Institute of DNA Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Sadamu Homma

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Institute of DNA Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Masato Okamoto

Affiliation Division of Cellular Signaling, Institute for Advanced Medical Research, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshihisa Namiki

Affiliation Institute of Clinical Medicine and Research, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuki Takakura

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Akitaka Takahara

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shunichi Odahara

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shintaro Tsukinaga

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Toyokazu Yukawa

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Jimi Mitobe

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Matsudaira

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Keisuke Nagatsuma

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kan Uchiyama

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Mikio Kajihara

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Seiji Arihiro

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroo Imazu

Affiliation Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Arakawa

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Endoscopy, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shin Kan

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Institute of DNA Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hideo Komita

Affiliations Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Oncology, Institute of DNA Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Masaki Ito

Affiliation Department of Oncology, Institute of DNA Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Toshifumi Ohkusa

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Jianlin Gong

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Hisao Tajiri

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: S. Koido SH MO TO JG HT. Performed the experiments: S. Koido SH S. Kan. Analyzed the data: S. Koido SH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: S. Koido SH MO YN AT KT SO ST JM TY HM KN MK KU SA HI HA S. Kan HK MI. Wrote the paper: S. Koido SH.