About the Authors

Takashi Ueyama

tueyama@wakayama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wakayama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan

Yuta Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wakayama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan

Kazuki Ueda

Affiliation 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan

Aiji Yajima

Affiliations Department of Pathology, Kuro-òs lab, The University of Texas, Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, Texas, United States of America, Division of Renal Replacement Therapeutic Science, Akita University School of Medicine, Akita, Japan

Yoshimasa Maeda

Affiliation 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan

Yasunobu Yamashita

Affiliation 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan

Takao Ito

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wakayama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan

Yoshihiro Tsuruo

Affiliation Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, Wakayama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan

Masao Ichinose

Affiliation 2nd Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical University Graduate School of Medicine, Wakayama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TU MI. Performed the experiments: TU KU YM YY TI YT. Analyzed the data: TU YY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TU YY TI. Wrote the paper: TU AY.