About the Authors

Xian-Yang Qin

Affiliations Health Risk Research Section, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan, Department of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Hideko Sone

hsone@nies.go.jp

Affiliation Health Risk Research Section, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Affiliation Department of Urology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Fukushima, Japan

Kentaro Mizuno

Affiliation Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Katsuhiko Ueoka

Affiliation Department of Surgical Subspecialties, National Research Center for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Koji Muroya

Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kanagawa Children's Medical Center, Kanagawa, Yokohama, Japan

Mami Miyado

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Aya Hisada

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Hiroko Zaha

Affiliation Health Risk Research Section, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Tomokazu Fukuda

Affiliation Department of Animal Production Science, Graduate School of Agricultural Science, Tohoku University, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Jun Yoshinaga

Affiliation Department of Environmental Studies, Graduate School of Frontier Science, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan

Junzo Yonemoto

Affiliation Health Risk Research Section, Research Center for Environmental Risk, National Institute for Environmental Studies, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Kenjiro Kohri

Affiliation Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Yutaro Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Maki Fukami

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Tsutomu Ogata

Affiliation Department of Pediatrics, University Hospital, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: XYQ HS TF J. Yoshinaga, J. Yonemoto, TO. Performed the experiments: XYQ HZ. Analyzed the data: XYQ AH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YK K. Mizuno KU K. Muroya MM MF KK YH TO. Wrote the paper: XYQ HS.