About the Authors

Akinobu Ochi

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Katsuhito Mori

ktmori@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Masanori Emoto

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shinya Nakatani

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Tomoaki Morioka

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Koka Motoyama

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Shinya Fukumoto

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Yasuo Imanishi

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Hidenori Koyama

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan

Eiji Ishimura

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Masaaki Inaba

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Molecular Medicine, Osaka City University Graduate School of Medicine, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors declare no conflict of interest associated with this manuscript.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: K. Mori AO. Performed the experiments: AO SN TM K. Motoyama. Analyzed the data: AO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: AO. Wrote the paper: K. Mori AO. Contributed to the discussion and reviewed and edited the manuscript: ME SF YI HK EI MI.