About the Authors

Ying-Xiao Li

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Kai-Chun Cheng

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Akihiro Asakawa

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Ikuo Kato

Affiliation Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Japan

Yuki Sato

Affiliation Department of Bioorganic Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Japan

Haruka Amitani

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Namiko Kawamura

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Juei-Tang Cheng

Affiliation Department of Medical Research, Chi-Mei Medical Center, Tainan, Taiwan

Akio Inui

inui@m.kufm.kagoshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Psychosomatic Internal Medicine, Kagoshima University Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Kagoshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YXL KCC JTC AI. Performed the experiments: YXL KCC. Analyzed the data: YXL. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AA IK YS JTC AI HA AK NK. Wrote the manuscript: YXL.