About the Authors
- Ryu Sasaki
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
- Kazumi Yamasaki
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
- Seigo Abiru
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
- Atsumasa Komori
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
- Shinya Nagaoka
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
- Akira Saeki
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
- Satoru Hashimoto
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
- Shigemune Bekki
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
- Yuki Kugiyama
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Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
- Atsushi Kuno
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Affiliation Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
- Masaaki Korenaga
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Affiliation The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Japan
- Akira Togayachi
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Affiliation Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
- Makoto Ocho
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Affiliation Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
- Masashi Mizokami
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Affiliation The Research Center for Hepatitis and Immunology, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Ichikawa, Japan
- Hisashi Narimatsu
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Affiliation Research Center for Medical Glycoscience, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tsukuba, Japan
- Tatsuki Ichikawa
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Kazuhiko Nakao
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Nagasaki, Japan
- Hiroshi Yatsuhashi
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* E-mail: yatsuhashi@nagasaki-mc.com
Affiliation Clinical Research Center, National Hospital Organization, Nagasaki Medical Center, Omura, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: RS KY HY. Performed the experiments: RS KY SA A. Komori SN AS SH SB YK HY. Analyzed the data: RS KY HY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RS KY SA A. Komori SN AS SH SB YK A. Kuno MK AT MO MM HN HY. Wrote the paper: RS KY MM HN TI KN HY.