About the Authors

Takuya Shiota

Contributed equally to this work with: Takuya Shiota, Yuko Miyasato, Koji Ohnishi

Affiliation Department of Cell Pathology Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Yuko Miyasato

Contributed equally to this work with: Takuya Shiota, Yuko Miyasato, Koji Ohnishi

Affiliation Department of Cell Pathology Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Koji Ohnishi

Contributed equally to this work with: Takuya Shiota, Yuko Miyasato, Koji Ohnishi

Affiliation Department of Cell Pathology Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Mutsuko Yamamoto-Ibusuki

Affiliation Department of Molecular-Targeting Therapy for Breast Cancer, Kumamoto University Hospital, Kumamoto, Japan

Yutaka Yamamoto

Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Hirotaka Iwase

Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine Surgery, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Motohiro Takeya

Affiliation Department of Cell Pathology Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Yoshihiro Komohara

ycomo@kumamoto-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cell Pathology Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: YK KO. Data curation: TS YM. Formal analysis: TS YM. Investigation: TS YM. Methodology: YK KO. Project administration: MT YK. Resources: MI YY HI. Supervision: MT HI. Validation: YK. Visualization: TS. Writing – original draft: TS. Writing – review & editing: YK KO MT.