About the Authors

Mahiro Kurashige

Affiliations Laboratory for Endocrinology and Metabolism, RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan, Division of Kidney and Hypertension, Department of Internal Medicine, The Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Minako Imamura

Affiliation Laboratory for Endocrinology and Metabolism, RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Shin-ichi Araki

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Daisuke Suzuki

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Tetsuya Babazono

Affiliation Diabetes Center, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Takashi Uzu

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Tomoya Umezono

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Masao Toyoda

Affiliation Division of Nephrology and Metabolism, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Koichi Kawai

Affiliation Kawai Clinic, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Masahito Imanishi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Osaka City General Hospital, Osaka, Osaka, Japan

Kazushige Hanaoka

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

Hiroshi Maegawa

Affiliation Department of Medicine, Shiga University of Medical Science, Otsu, Shiga, Japan

Yasuko Uchigata

Affiliation Diabetes Center, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Tatsuo Hosoya

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

Shiro Maeda

smaeda@src.riken.jp

Affiliation Laboratory for Endocrinology and Metabolism, RIKEN Center for Genomic Medicine, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM. Performed the experiments: MK M. Imamura SM. Analyzed the data: MK SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA DS TB T. Uzu T. Umezono MT KK M. Imanishi KH HM YU TH. Wrote the paper: MK SM.