About the Authors
- Nobuhiko Wada
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Toshihiko Hashinaga
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Shuichi Otabe
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Xiaohong Yuan
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Yayoi Kurita
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Satomi Kakino
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Tsuyoshi Ohoki
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Hitomi Nakayama
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Tomoka Fukutani
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Yuji Tajiri
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Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
- Kentaro Yamada
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* E-mail: yamada@med.kurume-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NW KY. Performed the experiments: NW TH YK SK TO HN. Analyzed the data: NW YT KY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SO XY TF. Wrote the paper: NW KY.