About the Authors
- Junpei Suzuki
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Affiliations Department of Pharmacogenomics, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan, Department of Human Genome Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
- Makoto Kuwahara
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Affiliation Department of Human Genome Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
- Soichi Tofukuji
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Affiliations Department of Human Genome Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan, Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan
- Masashi Imamura
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Affiliation Central Research Institute, Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd., Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan
- Fuminori Kato
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Affiliation Central Research Institute, Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd., Kusatsu, Shiga, Japan
- Toshinori Nakayama
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Affiliations Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan, CREST, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Chuo-ku, Chiba, Japan
- Osamu Ohara
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Affiliation Department of Human Genome Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan
- Masakatsu Yamashita
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* E-mail: yamamasa@m.ehime-u.ac.jp
Affiliations Department of Human Genome Research, Kazusa DNA Research Institute, Kisarazu, Chiba, Japan, Department of Immunology, Graduate School of Medicine, Ehime University, Toon, Ehime, Japan, PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency, Toon, Ehime, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests. Authors MI and FK are employees of Ishihara Sangyo Kaisha, Ltd., the company that provided the SH-2251 (United States Patent No.: US 7632865 B2) for this study. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: JS MY. Performed the experiments: JS MK ST TN OO MY. Analyzed the data: JS MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MI FK. Wrote the paper: JS MY.