About the Authors

Hiroki Matsui

Affiliations Department of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan, Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan

Tomoyuki Yokoyama

tyokoyama@gunma-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan

Kenichi Sekiguchi

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan

Daisuke Iijima

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan

Hiroaki Sunaga

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan

Moeno Maniwa

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Health Sciences, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan

Manabu Ueno

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan

Tatsuya Iso

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan

Masashi Arai

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan

Masahiko Kurabayashi

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Biological Sciences, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Showa-machi, Maebashi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HM TY KS TI. Performed the experiments: HM DI HS MM. Analyzed the data: HM TY MU TI MA MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS MU TI MA. Wrote the paper: HM TY MK.