About the Authors

Tomohiko Akiyama

Affiliation Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

Osamu Suzuki

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Models for Human Diseases, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Ibaraki, Japan

Junichiro Matsuda

Affiliation Laboratory of Animal Models for Human Diseases, National Institute of Biomedical Innovation, Ibaraki, Japan

Fugaku Aoki

aokif@k.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FA TA. Performed the experiments: TA. Analyzed the data: FA TA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: OS JM. Wrote the paper: FA TA.