About the Authors
- Fuminari Uehara
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, California 92111, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan
- Yukihiko Hiroshima
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, California 92111, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103, United States of America
- Shinji Miwa
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, California 92111, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103, United States of America
- Yasunori Tome
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, California 92111, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103, United States of America, Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan
- Shuya Yano
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, California 92111, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103, United States of America
- Mako Yamamoto
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Affiliation AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, California 92111, United States of America
- Yasunori Matsumoto
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103, United States of America
- Hiroki Maehara
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan
- Kazuhiro Tanaka
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan
- Michael Bouvet
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103, United States of America
- Fuminori Kanaya
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Affiliation Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Graduate School of Medicine, University of the Ryukyus, 207 Uehara, Nishihara, Okinawa 903-0125, Japan
- Robert M. Hoffman
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* E-mail: all@anticancer.com
Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., 7917 Ostrow Street, San Diego, California 92111, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, 200 West Arbor Drive, San Diego, California 92103, United States of America
Competing Interests
Yukihiko Hiroshima, Shinji Miwa, Shuya Yano, Mako Yamamoto, and Robert M. Hoffman are unpaid affiliates of AntiCancer Inc. Fuminari Uehara and Yasunori Tome were former affiliates of AntiCancer Inc. Robert M. Hoffman is a PLOS ONE Editorial Board Member. AntiCancer Inc. markets animal models of cancer. There are no other competing interests. There are no 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: FU RMH. Performed the experiments: FU YH. Analyzed the data: FU YH SM YT SY MY YM HM KT MB FK RMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMH. Wrote the paper: FY YT RMH.