About the Authors

Hiroko Kubo

Affiliations Department of Anatomy I, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, Oriental Aromatherapy College, Katsushika, Tokyo, Japan

Junko Shibato

Affiliations Department of Anatomy I, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, Global Research Center for Innovative Life Science, Peptide Drug Innovation, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, Laboratory of Exercise Biochemistry and Neuroendocrinology, Institute of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Tomomi Saito

Affiliation Department of Anatomy I, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Tetsuo Ogawa

Affiliations Department of Anatomy I, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Physiology, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan

Randeep Rakwal

plantproteomics@gmail.com (RR); shioda@hoshi.ac.jp (SS)

Affiliations Department of Anatomy I, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, Global Research Center for Innovative Life Science, Peptide Drug Innovation, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, Organization for Educational Initiatives, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences & Tsukuba International Academy for Sport Studies (TIAS), University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Seiji Shioda

plantproteomics@gmail.com (RR); shioda@hoshi.ac.jp (SS)

Affiliations Department of Anatomy I, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan, Global Research Center for Innovative Life Science, Peptide Drug Innovation, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, Shinagawa, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HK JS TO RR SS. Performed the experiments: HK JS TS TO RR. Analyzed the data: HK JS RR SS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TO SS. Wrote the paper: HK RR.