About the Authors
- Masaya Yamaoka
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Norikazu Maeda
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* E-mail: norikazu_maeda@endmet.med.osaka-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Seiji Nakamura
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Affiliation DNA Chip Research Inc., Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Susumu Kashine
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Yasuhiko Nakagawa
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Aki Hiuge-Shimizu
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Kohei Okita
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Akihisa Imagawa
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Yuji Matsuzawa
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Affiliation Sumitomo Hospital, Osaka, Osaka, Japan
- Ken-ichi Matsubara
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Affiliation DNA Chip Research Inc., Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan
- Tohru Funahashi
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Iichiro Shimomura
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Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka University, Suita, Osaka, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have read the journal’s policy and have the following conflicts: one or more of the authors are employed by a commercial company DNA Chip Research Inc. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NM YM KM TF IS. Performed the experiments: MY NM SN SK YN AHS KO AI. Analyzed the data: MY NM SN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SN. Wrote the paper: NM MY SN.