About the Authors

Yoshihiro Onouchi

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoshihiro Onouchi, Ryuji Fukazawa, Kenichiro Yamamura

onouchy@chiba-u.jp

Affiliations Laboratory for Cardiovascular Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan, Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Ryuji Fukazawa

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoshihiro Onouchi, Ryuji Fukazawa, Kenichiro Yamamura

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Kenichiro Yamamura

Contributed equally to this work with: Yoshihiro Onouchi, Ryuji Fukazawa, Kenichiro Yamamura

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Hiroyuki Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Nobuyuki Kakimoto

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Tomohiro Suenaga

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Takashi Takeuchi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Medical University, Wakayama, Japan

Hiromichi Hamada

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyo, Japan

Takafumi Honda

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyo, Japan

Kumi Yasukawa

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyo, Japan

Masaru Terai

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Tokyo Women’s Medical University Yachiyo Medical Center, Yachiyo, Japan

Ryota Ebata

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Kouji Higashi

Affiliation Department of Cardiology, Chiba Children’s Hospital, Chiba, Japan

Tsutomu Saji

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Toho University Medical Center, Omori Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Yasushi Kemmotsu

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Toho University Medical Center, Omori Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Shinichi Takatsuki

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Toho University Medical Center, Omori Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Kazunobu Ouchi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Fumio Kishi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Genetics, Kawasaki Medical School, Kurashiki, Japan

Tetsushi Yoshikawa

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Fujita Health University, Toyoake, Japan

Toshiro Nagai

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Dokkyo Medical University Koshigaya Hospital, Koshigaya, Japan

Kunihiro Hamamoto

Affiliation Department of Occupational Therapy, International University of Health and Welfare, Okawa, Japan

Yoshitake Sato

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Fuji Heavy Industry Health Insurance Society Ota Memorial Hospital, Ota, Japan

Akihito Honda

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Asahi General Hospital, Asahi, Japan

Hironobu Kobayashi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Asahi General Hospital, Asahi, Japan

Junichi Sato

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Funabashi Municipal Medical Center, Funabashi, Japan

Shoichi Shibuta

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Japan

Masakazu Miyawaki

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Kinan Hospital, Tanabe, Japan

Ko Oishi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hashimoto Municipal Hospital, Hashimoto, Japan

Hironobu Yamaga

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Naga Hospital, Kinokawa, Japan

Noriyuki Aoyagi

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Wakayama Rosai Hospital, Wakayama, Japan

Megumi Yoshiyama

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Hidaka General Hospital, Gobo, Japan

Ritsuko Miyashita

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Izumiotsu Municipal Hospital, Izumiotsu, Japan

Yuji Murata

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Sendai City Hospital, Sendai, Japan

Akihiro Fujino

Affiliation Department of Pediatric Surgery, Keio University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kouichi Ozaki

Affiliation Laboratory for Cardiovascular Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan

Tomisaku Kawasaki

Affiliation Japan Kawasaki Disease Research Center, Tokyo, Japan

Jun Abe

Affiliation Department of Allergy & Immunology, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuru Seki

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan

Tohru Kobayashi

Affiliation Department of Development Strategy, Center for Clinical Research and Development, National Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Hirokazu Arakawa

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Gunma University School of Medicine, Maebashi, Japan

Shunichi Ogawa

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan

Toshiro Hara

Current address: Fukuoka Children’s Hospital and Medical Center for Infectious Diseases, Fukuoka, Japan

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kyushu University, Fukuoka, Japan

Akira Hata

Affiliation Department of Public Health, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba University, Chiba, Japan

Toshihiro Tanaka

Affiliations Laboratory for Cardiovascular Diseases, Center for Integrative Medical Sciences, RIKEN, Yokohama, Japan, Department of Human Genetics and Disease Diversity, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YO. Performed the experiments: YO RF K. Yamamura K.Ozaki. Analyzed the data: YO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YO RF K. Yamamura HS NK T. Suenaga T. Takeuchi HH T. Honda K. Yasukawa MT RE K. Higashi T. Saji YK ST K. Ouchi FK TY TN K. Hamamoto YS A. Honda HK JS SS MM K. Oishi HY NA MY RM YM AF T. Kawasaki JA MS T. Kobayashi HA SO T. Hara. Wrote the paper: YO K. Ozaki A. Hata T. Tanaka.