About the Authors

Takashi Nishiyama

Affiliation Department of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan

Isao Kii

Affiliation Department of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan

Takeshi G. Kashima

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshinao Kikuchi

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Atsushi Ohazama

Affiliation Department of Pediodontology, Dental School, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan

Masashi Shimazaki

Affiliation Department of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan

Masashi Fukayama

Affiliation Department of Human Pathology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Akira Kudo

akudo@bio.titech.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biological Information, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Yokohama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TN IK TGK MF AK. Performed the experiments: TN YK AO MS. Analyzed the data: TN TGK AK. Wrote the paper: TN AK.