About the Authors

Tatsuya Mishima

mishimat@ks.kyorin-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Tomonori Fujiwara

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Masumi Sanada

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Takefumi Kofuji

Affiliation Radio Isotope Laboratory, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Masami Kanai-Azuma

Current address: Center for Experimental Animal, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo, Japan

Affiliation Department of Anatomy, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Kimio Akagawa

Affiliation Department of Cell Physiology, Kyorin University School of Medicine, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM KA. Performed the experiments: TM TF MS MK. Analyzed the data: TM TF TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TF. Wrote the paper: TM.