About the Authors
- Hideharu Domoto
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Current address: Department of Pathology, Keiyu Hospital, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
Affiliation Research Division, Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Keiichi Iwaya
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* E-mail: iwaya@po.kyoundo.jp
Affiliation Department of Pathology, SASAKI Institute, Kyoundo Hospital, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan
- Fumitaka Ikomi
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Affiliation National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- Hirotaka Matsuo
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Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
- Yutaka Tadano
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Affiliation Research Division, Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Shigenori Fujii
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Affiliation Research Division, Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Kazuyoshi Tachi
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Affiliation Research Division, Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Yoshiyuki Itoh
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Affiliation JEOL Ltd., Akishima, Tokyo, Japan
- Michiya Sato
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Current address: Maritime staff office, Ministry of Defense, Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan
Affiliation Research Division, Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Kimitoshi Inoue
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Affiliation Research Division, Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan
- Nariyoshi Shinomiya
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Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests except for the salaries for the author [YI] who is employed by a commercial company: JEOL. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: K.Iwaya HD HM FI NS. Data curation: FI HD. Formal analysis: K. Iwaya YI MS SF. Funding acquisition: K. Iwaya. Investigation: K. Iwaya YI MS SF. Methodology: K. Iwaya HM FI. Project administration: NS. Resources: MS K. Iwaya KT SF YT. Software: K. Iwaya SF. Supervision: K. Inoue YT. Validation: K. Inoue NS SF. Visualization: K. Iwaya KT NS. Writing – original draft: HD K. Iwaya FI HM NS. Writing – review & editing: HD K. Iwaya MS NS.