About the Authors

Keisuke Taniuchi

ktaniuchi@kochi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

Kunihiko Yokotani

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

Toshiji Saibara

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, School of Medicine, Kochi University, Nankoku, Kochi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT. Performed the experiments: KT. Analyzed the data: KT TS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT TS. Wrote the paper: KT. Edited the manuscript: KY TS.