About the Authors

Tatsuyuki Matsudaira

Affiliation Department of Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yasunori Uchida

Affiliation Department of Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Kenji Tanabe

Affiliation Medical Research Institute, Tokyo Women’s Medical University, Tokyo, Japan

Shunsuke Kon

Affiliation Department of Molecular Immunology, Institute of Development, Aging and Cancer, Tohoku University, Sendai-shi, Miyagi, Japan

Toshio Watanabe

Affiliation Department of Biological Science, Graduate School of Humanities and Sciences, Nara Women’s University, Nara-shi, Nara, Japan

Tomohiko Taguchi

tom_taguchi@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp (TT)harai@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp (HA)

Affiliations Department of Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Pathological Cell Biology Laboratory, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroyuki Arai

tom_taguchi@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp (TT)harai@mol.f.u-tokyo.ac.jp (HA)

Affiliations Department of Health Chemistry, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, Pathological Cell Biology Laboratory, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KT TT HA. Performed the experiments: TM YU. Analyzed the data: TM TT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KT SK TW. Wrote the manuscript: TT HA.