About the Authors

Yoshiyuki Mishima

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Shunji Ishihara

si360405@med.shimane-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Akihiko Oka

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Nobuhiko Fukuba

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Naoki Oshima

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Hiroki Sonoyama

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Noritsugu Yamashita

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Yasumasa Tada

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Ryusaku Kusunoki

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Ichiro Moriyama

Affiliations Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan, Cancer Center, Shimane University Hospital, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Takafumi Yuki

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Kousaku Kawashima

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Yoshikazu Kinoshita

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine II, Shimane University Faculty of Medicine, Izumo, Shimane, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YM SI. Performed the experiments: YM SI AO NF NO HS NY YT RK IM TY KK. Analyzed the data: YM SI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YM SI. Wrote the paper: YM SI YK.