About the Authors
- Yukihiko Hiroshima
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
- Ming Zhao
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Affiliation AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Yong Zhang
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Affiliation AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Nan Zhang
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Affiliation AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America
- Ali Maawy
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Takashi Murakami
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
- Sumiyuki Mii
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Fuminari Uehara
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Mako Yamamoto
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Shinji Miwa
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Shuya Yano
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Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Masashi Momiyama
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
- Ryutaro Mori
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
- Ryusei Matsuyama
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
- Takashi Chishima
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
- Kuniya Tanaka
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
- Yasushi Ichikawa
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
- Michael Bouvet
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
- Itaru Endo
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan
- Robert M. Hoffman
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* E-mail: all@anticancer.com
Affiliations AntiCancer, Inc., San Diego, California, United States of America, Department of Surgery, University of California San Diego, San Diego, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
Ming Zhao, Yong Zhang and Nan Zhang are employees of AntiCancer Inc. Yukihiko Hiroshima, Takashi Murakami, Mako Yamamoto, Shinji Miwa, Shuya Yano, and Robert M. Hoffman are unpaid affiliates of AntiCancer Inc. Sumiyuki Mii, Fuminari Uehara, Masashi Momiyama and Takashi Chishima were former affiliates of AntiCancer Inc. 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, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: YH RMH. Performed the experiments: YH MZ YZ NZ AM. Analyzed the data: YH MZ YZ NZ AM TM SuM FU MY ShM SY MM RMo RMa TC KT YI MB IE RMH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: RMH. Wrote the paper: YH RMH.