About the Authors

Hideharu Domoto

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

iwaya@po.kyoundo.jp

Affiliation Department of Pathology, SASAKI Institute, Kyoundo Hospital, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Fumitaka Ikomi

Affiliation National Defense Medical College Research Institute, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Hirotaka Matsuo

Affiliation Department of Integrative Physiology and Bio-Nano Medicine, National Defense Medical College, Tokorozawa, Saitama, Japan

Yutaka Tadano

Affiliation Research Division, Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Shigenori Fujii

Affiliation Research Division, Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuyoshi Tachi

Affiliation Research Division, Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshiyuki Itoh

Affiliation JEOL Ltd., Akishima, Tokyo, Japan

Michiya Sato

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

Affiliation Research Division, Maritime Self-Defense Force Undersea Medical Center, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Nariyoshi Shinomiya

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.