About the Authors
- Kensuke Sakuma
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* E-mail: kensuke.sakuma@takeda.com (KS)
¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Cardiovascular and Metabolic Drug Discovery Unit, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
- Hidetoshi Komatsu
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¶‡ These authors contributed equally to this work.
Affiliation Central Nervous System Drug Discovery Unit, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
- Minoru Maruyama
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Affiliation Cardiovascular and Metabolic Drug Discovery Unit, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
- Sachiko Imaichi
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Affiliation Integrated Technology Research Laboratories, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
- Yugo Habata
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Affiliation Cardiovascular and Metabolic Drug Discovery Unit, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
- Masaaki Mori
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Affiliation Cardiovascular and Metabolic Drug Discovery Unit, Pharmaceutical Research Division, Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limited, Fujisawa, Kanagawa, Japan
Competing Interests
All authors are employees of Takeda Pharmaceutical Company Limit. All materials and compounds used in this study are commercially available. There are no patents and products in development or market products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: KS HK. Performed the experiments: KS HK M. Maruyama SI. Analyzed the data: KS HK. Wrote the paper: KS HK M. Maruyama SI YH M. Mori. Supervised the project and contributed to experimental design: YH M. Mori.