About the Authors

Mst. Naznin Ara

Affiliation Laboratory of Innovative Nanomedicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Mamoru Hyodo

hyodo_mam@pharm.hokudai.ac.jp

Affiliation Laboratory of Innovative Nanomedicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Noritaka Ohga

Affiliation Division of Vascular Biology, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kyoko Hida

Affiliation Division of Vascular Biology, Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Hideyoshi Harashima

Affiliation Laboratory of Innovative Nanomedicine, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MNA MH HH. Performed the experiments: MNA. Analyzed the data: MNA MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: NO KH. Wrote the paper: MNA.