About the Authors

Maki Igarashi

Contributed equally to this work with: Maki Igarashi, Vu Chi Dung

Affiliation Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Vu Chi Dung

Contributed equally to this work with: Maki Igarashi, Vu Chi Dung

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Genetics, The Vietnam National Hospital of Pediatrics, Hanoi, Vietnam

Erina Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Shinobu Ida

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan

Mariko Nakacho

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Endocrinology, Osaka Medical Center and Research Institute for Maternal and Child Health, Osaka, Japan

Kazuhiko Nakabayashi

Affiliation Department of of Maternal-Fetal Biology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Kentaro Mizuno

Affiliation Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

Yutaro Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

Kenjiro Kohri

Affiliation Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan

Yoshiyuki Kojima

Affiliations Department of Nephro-Urology, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan, Department of Urology, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan

Tsutomu Ogata

Affiliations Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Pediatrics, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Maki Fukami

fukami-m@ncchd.go.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Endocrinology, National Research Institute for Child Health and Development, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: VCD KK YK TO MF. Performed the experiments: MI ES KN. Analyzed the data: MI ES TO MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: VCD SI MN KM YH KK YK. Wrote the paper: TO MF.