About the Authors

Satoru Monzen

monzens@cc.hirosaki-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Radiological Life Sciences, Division of Medical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Masahiro Hosoda

Affiliation Department of Radiological Life Sciences, Division of Medical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Minoru Osanai

Affiliation Department of Radiological Life Sciences, Division of Medical Life Sciences, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Shinji Tokonami

Affiliation Research Institute for Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Aomori, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SM MH. Performed the experiments: SM MH MO ST. Analyzed the data: SM MH. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SM MH ST. Wrote the paper: SM MH ST.