About the Authors
- Masahiro Sugawara
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* E-mail: msugawar@ucla.edu
Affiliations Endocrinology and Diabetes Division, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America, Primary Care Service, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Hidemi Ohye
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Affiliation Endocrinology and Diabetes Division, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Chisato Tomoda
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Affiliation Endocrinology and Diabetes Division, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Takahiko Kogai
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Affiliation Endocrinology and Diabetes Division, Department of Medicine, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Yoshimasa Kamata
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Hirosaki University School of Medicine, Hirosaki, Japan
- Gholam H. Pezeshkpour
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
- Farhad Moatamed
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Affiliation Department of Pathology, Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Health Care System, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: MS HO CT TK YK GHP FM. Performed the experiments: MS HO CT TK YK GHP FM. Analyzed the data: MS TK YK GHP FM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MS HO CT TK YK FM. Wrote the paper: MS HO TK GHP. Paraffin preparation of surgical samples: YK. Microscopic examination of xenograft: YK GHP FM.