About the Authors

Michiyasu Ishizawa

Affiliation Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Michitaka Ogura

Current address: Department of Surgery, Kasukabe Municipal Hospital, Kasukabe, Saitama, Japan

Affiliation Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Shigeaki Kato

Affiliation Institute of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Makoto Makishima

makishima.makoto@nihon-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Biochemistry, Department of Biomedical Sciences, Nihon University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

Makoto Makishima is an academic editor at PLOS ONE. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. All other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MM. Performed the experiments: MI MO. Analyzed the data: MI MO MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SK. Wrote the paper: MI MM.