About the Authors

Junichi Yasui

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan

Eiji Kawasaki

e-kawasaki@tenjinkai.or.jp

Affiliations Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, Japan, Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Shin-Koga Hospital, Kurume, Japan

Shoichiro Tanaka

Affiliation Third Department of Internal Medicine, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

Takuya Awata

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, International University of Health and Welfare Hospital, Tochigi, Japan

Hiroshi Ikegami

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Akihisa Imagawa

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Japan

Yasuko Uchigata

Affiliation Diabetes Center, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Haruhiko Osawa

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Ehime University School of Medicine, Ehime, Japan

Hiroshi Kajio

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology, and Metabolism, Center Hospital, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yumiko Kawabata

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Akira Shimada

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Saiseikai Central Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuma Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Diabetes and Metabolism, Iwate Medical University, Iwate, Japan

Kazuki Yasuda

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Disorder, Diabetes Research Center, Research Institute, National Center for Global Health and Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hisafumi Yasuda

Affiliation Division of Health Sciences, Department of Community Health Sciences, Kobe University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan

Toshiaki Hanafusa

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine (I), Osaka Medical College, Takatsuki, Japan

Tetsuro Kobayashi

Affiliation Okinaka Memorial Institute for Medical Research, Tokyo, Japan

Japan Diabetes Society Committee on Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Research

Membership of the Japan Diabetes Society Committee on Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus Research is listed in the Acknowledgments.

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EK TH TK. Performed the experiments: JY EK. Analyzed the data: JY EK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ST TA HI AI YU HO HK YK AS KT KY HY. Wrote the paper: JY EK.