About the Authors
- Aya Umeno
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Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
- Mototada Shichiri
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* E-mail: yoshida-ya@aist.go.jp (YY); mototada-shichiri@aist.go.jp (MS)
Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
- Noriko Ishida
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Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
- Yoshiko Hashimoto
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Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
- Kaori Abe
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Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
- Masatoshi Kataoka
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Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
- Kohzoh Yoshino
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Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
- Yoshihisa Hagihara
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Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Ikeda, Osaka, Japan
- Nanako Aki
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Diabetes, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
- Makoto Funaki
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center for Diabetes, Tokushima University Hospital, Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
- Yasuhiko Asada
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Affiliation Depertment of Applied Biological Science, Faculty of Agriculture, Kagawa University, Kita-gun, Kagawa, Japan
- Yasukazu Yoshida
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* E-mail: yoshida-ya@aist.go.jp (YY); mototada-shichiri@aist.go.jp (MS)
Affiliation Health Research Institute, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Takamatsu, Kagawa, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: AU MK Y. Hagihara MF YA YY. Performed the experiments: AU MS NI Y. Hashimoto KA NA. Analyzed the data: AU MS KY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AU MS NI Y. Hashimoto YY. Wrote the paper: AU YY.