About the Authors

Toru Hosoi

ozawak@hiroshima-u.ac.jp (KO); toruh@hiroshima-u.ac.jp (TH)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacotherapy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Kenta Korematsu

Affiliation Department of Pharmacotherapy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Naohiro Horie

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Takahiro Suezawa

Affiliation Department of Pharmacotherapy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Yasunobu Okuma

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chiba Institute of Sciences, Choshi, Chiba, Japan

Yasuyuki Nomura

Affiliation Department of Pharmacotherapeutics, Yokohama College of Pharmacy, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Koichiro Ozawa

ozawak@hiroshima-u.ac.jp (KO); toruh@hiroshima-u.ac.jp (TH)

Affiliation Department of Pharmacotherapy, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TH KO. Performed the experiments: TH KK NH TS. Analyzed the data: TH KK NH TS YO YN KO. Wrote the paper: TH.