About the Authors

Maki Konno-Shimizu

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Nobutake Yamamichi

nyamamic-tky@umin.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Ken-ichi Inada

Affiliation 1st Department of Pathology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan

Natsuko Kageyama-Yahara

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuya Shiogama

Affiliation 1st Department of Pathology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan

Yu Takahashi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Itsuko Asada-Hirayama

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsue Yamamichi-Nishina

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Chiemi Nakayama

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Satoshi Ono

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Shinya Kodashima

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuhiro Fujishiro

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka Tsutsumi

Affiliation 1st Department of Pathology, Fujita Health University School of Medicine, Aichi, Japan

Masao Ichinose

Affiliation Second Department of Internal Medicine, Wakayama Medical College, Wakayama, Japan

Kazuhiko Koike

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Contributed to the critical revision of the manuscript, administrative support, and participated in study concept and design: NY KI MF Y. Tsutsumi MI KK. Conceived and designed the experiments: MK NY KI. Performed the experiments: MK NK KS MY KI. Analyzed the data: MK NY KI NK Y. Takahashi IA MY CN. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MK NY KI NK KS Y. Takahashi IA MY CN SO SK. Wrote the paper: MK NY.