About the Authors

Eriko Fujita-Jimbo

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsukeshi, Tochigi, Japan

Zhi-Ling Yu

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsukeshi, Tochigi, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Shengjing Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, Liaoning, China

Hong Li

Affiliations Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsukeshi, Tochigi, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Detroit Medical Center, Michigan, United States of America

Takanori Yamagata

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsukeshi, Tochigi, Japan

Masato Mori

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsukeshi, Tochigi, Japan

Takashi Momoi

Affiliation Center for Medical Science, International University of Health and Welfare, Kitakanemaru, Ohtawara, Tochigi, Japan

Mariko Y. Momoi

mymomoi@jichi.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, Jichi Medical University, Yakushiji, Shimotsukeshi, Tochigi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM MYM. Performed the experiments: EFJ ZY HL MM. Analyzed the data: EFJ ZY HL TY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: ZY EFJ HL MM. Wrote the paper: TY TM MYM.