About the Authors

Kazuaki Nakamura

nakamura-kz@ncchd.go.jp

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

Kazuko Aizawa

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

Kazuhiko Nakabayashi

Affiliation Department of Maternal-Fetal Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Natsuko Kato

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

Junji Yamauchi

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

Kenichiro Hata

Affiliation Department of Maternal-Fetal Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Akito Tanoue

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

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: K. Nakamura KH AT. Performed the experiments: K. Nakamura KA K. Nakabayashi NK. Analyzed the data: K. Nakamura K. Nakabayashi KH JY AT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY. Wrote the paper: K. Nakamura K. Nakabayashi AT.