About the Authors

Di Hu

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamamdaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Atsunori Fukuhara

fukuhara@endmet.med.osaka-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamamdaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Yugo Miyata

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamamdaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Chieko Yokoyama

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamamdaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Michio Otsuki

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamamdaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Shinji Kihara

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Informatics, Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 1–7, Yamamdaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Iichiro Shimomura

Affiliation Department of Metabolic Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, 2-2, Yamamdaoka, Suita, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DH AF YM MO IS. Performed the experiments: DH YM CY. Analyzed the data: DH AF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: DH AF CY SK. Wrote the paper: DH AF YM CY IS.