About the Authors

Keiko Fujimura

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Shu Wakino

shuwakino@z8.keio.jp

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Hitoshi Minakuchi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Kazuhiro Hasegawa

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Koji Hosoya

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Motoaki Komatsu

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Yuka Kaneko

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Keisuke Shinozuka

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Naoki Washida

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Takeshi Kanda

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Hirobumi Tokuyama

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Koichi Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Hiroshi Itoh

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SW K. Hayashi HI. Performed the experiments: KF SW HM K. Hasegawa K.Hosoya TK HT. Analyzed the data: KF SW KS MK YK NW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KF SW. Wrote the paper: KF SW HI.