About the Authors

Eiji Kakazu

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

Yoshiyuki Ueno

yueno@med.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

Yasuteru Kondo

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

Jun Inoue

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

Masashi Ninomiya

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

Osamu Kimura

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

Yuta Wakui

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

Koji Fukushima

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

Keiichi Tamai

Affiliation Miyagi Cancer Center, Natori, Japan

Tooru Shimosegawa

Affiliation Division of Gastroenterology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Aobaku, Sendai, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EK YU YK JI MN KF TS. Performed the experiments: EK YK JI MN OK YW. Analyzed the data: EK YU KF KT TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EK YU YK JI MN. Wrote the paper: EK YU YK TS.