About the Authors

Tomoko Uehara

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Eriko Kage-Nakadai

Current address: Advanced Research Institute for Natural Science and Technology, Osaka City University, Osaka, Japan

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Sawako Yoshina

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Rieko Imae

Current address: Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Science, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shohei Mitani

mitani.shohei@twmu.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Physiology, Tokyo Women's Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo Women's Medical University Institute for Integrated Medical Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Performed the experiments: TU. Provided instruction for experiments: EKN SY RI SM. Designed the research: TU SM. Wrote the paper: TU SM.