About the Authors
- Michishige Terasaki
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Masaharu Nagashima
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kyoko Nohtomi
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kyoko Kohashi
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Masako Tomoyasu
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kyoko Sinmura
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Yukinori Nogi
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Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Yuki Katayama
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Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji-City, Tokyo, Japan
- Kengo Sato
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Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji-City, Tokyo, Japan
- Fumiko Itoh
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Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji-City, Tokyo, Japan
- Takuya Watanabe
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Affiliation Laboratory of Cardiovascular Medicine, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, Hachioji-City, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsutomu Hirano
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* E-mail: hirano@med.showa-u.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Medicine, Division of Diabetes, Metabolism, and Endocrinology, Showa University School of Medicine, Shinagawa-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
This study was sponsored in part by Novartis Pharma (Tokyo, Japan). This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TH. Performed the experiments: MT MN KN KK MT KS YN. Analyzed the data: YK KS FI. Wrote the paper: TH. Reviewed, edited, and revised the manuscript: TW.