About the Authors

Emi Ishida

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Koshi Hashimoto

khashimo@gunma-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Shuichi Okada

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Tetsurou Satoh

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Masanobu Yamada

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Masatomo Mori

Affiliation Department of Medicine and Molecular Science, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, Maebashi, Gunma, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Joined the discussion for the data in the current study: SO TS MY MM. Conceived and designed the experiments: KH. Performed the experiments: EI. Analyzed the data: EI KH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SO TS MY MM. Wrote the paper: KH.