About the Authors

Qingfa Chen

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811–1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641–8509, Japan

Daiki Arai

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811–1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641–8509, Japan

Kazuki Kawakami

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811–1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641–8509, Japan

Takahiro Sawada

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811–1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641–8509, Japan

Xuefeng Jing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811–1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641–8509, Japan

Masayasu Miyajima

Affiliation Laboratory Animal Center, Wakayama Medical University, 811–1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641–8509, Japan

Syu-ichi Hirai

Affiliation Department of Biology, Wakayama Medical University, 580 Mikazura, Wakayama, 641–0011, Japan

Kazushige Sakaguchi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811–1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641–8509, Japan

Kenryo Furushima

bunshi@wakayama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Cell Biology and Molecular Medicine, Institute of Advanced Medicine, Wakayama Medical University, 811–1 Kimiidera, Wakayama, 641–8509, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KF KS. Performed the experiments: KF QC DA KK TS XJ MM. Analyzed the data: KF QC SH KS. Wrote the paper: KF QC KS.