About the Authors

Keitaro Yokoyama

Affiliation Division of Kidney, Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Akio Nakashima

Affiliations Division of Kidney, Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuyoshi Urashima

urashima@jikei.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroaki Suga

Affiliation Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Mimura

Affiliation Division of Molecular Epidemiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuo Kimura

Affiliation Shin Kashiwa Clinic, Chiba, Japan

Yasushi Kanazawa

Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Tamotsu Yokota

Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Masaya Sakamoto

Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Sho Ishizawa

Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Rimei Nishimura

Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Hideaki Kurata

Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yudo Tanno

Affiliation Division of Kidney, Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Katsuyoshi Tojo

Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeru Kageyama

Affiliation Division of Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Ichiro Ohkido

Affiliation Division of Kidney, Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Kazunori Utsunomiya

Affiliation Division of Diabetes, Metabolism and Endocrinology, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuo Hosoya

Affiliation Division of Kidney, Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KY AN MU. Performed the experiments: HS TM. Analyzed the data: MU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK YK TY MS SI RN HK YT KT SK IO KU TH. Wrote the paper: MU AN KY.