About the Authors

Koko Moriya

Affiliation Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

Kei Nagatoshi

Affiliation Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

Yoshimi Noriyasu

Affiliation Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

Tsuyoshi Okamura

Affiliation Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

Emi Takamitsu

Affiliation Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

Takashi Suzuki

Affiliation Clinical & Biotechnology Business Unit, Shimadzu Corporation, Kyoto, Japan

Toshihiko Utsumi

utsumi@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Applied Molecular Bioscience, Graduate School of Medicine, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan, Department of Biological Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Yamaguchi University, Yamaguchi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KM TU. Performed the experiments: KM KN YN TO ET TS TU. Analyzed the data: KM KN YN TO ET TS TU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KM KN YN TO ET TS TU. Wrote the paper: KM TU.