About the Authors

Yoriko Yamashita

k46581a@nucc.cc.nagoya-u.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Biological Responses, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Department of Pathology, Nagoya City University Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Shinya Akatsuka

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Biological Responses, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Kanako Shinjo

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Biological Responses, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Yasushi Yatabe

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Molecular Diagnostics, Aichi Cancer Center Hospital, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Hiroharu Kobayashi

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Biological Responses, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Hiroshi Seko

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Biological Responses, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Hiroaki Kajiyama

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Fumitaka Kikkawa

Affiliation Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Takashi Takahashi

Affiliation Division of Molecular Carcinogenesis, Center for Neurological Diseases and Cancer, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Shinya Toyokuni

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Biological Responses, Nagoya University Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya, Aichi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: Y. Yamashita ST. Performed the experiments: Y. Yamashita KS H. Kobayashi HS. Analyzed the data: Y. Yamashita SA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: Y. Yatabe H. Kajiyama FK TT. Wrote the paper: Y. Yamashita.