About the Authors

Kai Li

yao@yamanashi.ac.jp (JY); cmu_likai@hotmail.com (KL)

Affiliations Department of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan, Department of Urology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan, Department of Surgical Oncology and General Surgery, First Hospital of China Medical University, Shenyang, China

Yuan Chi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Kun Gao

Affiliation Department of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Qiaojing Yan

Affiliation Department of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Hiroyuki Matsue

Affiliation Department of Dermatology, Chiba University School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan

Masayuki Takeda

Affiliation Department of Urology, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Masanori Kitamura

Affiliation Department of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Jian Yao

yao@yamanashi.ac.jp (JY); cmu_likai@hotmail.com (KL)

Affiliation Department of Molecular Signaling, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Chuo, Yamanashi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JY KL. Performed the experiments: KL YC QY. Analyzed the data: KG. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: JY MK MT HM. Wrote the paper: KL JY.