About the Authors
- Hiroyuki Sako
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazumasa Fukuda
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Yoshiro Saikawa
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* E-mail: saiky@z8.keio.jp
Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Rieko Nakamura
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Tsunehiro Takahashi
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Norihito Wada
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Hirohumi Kawakubo
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiroya Takeuchi
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Tai Ohmori
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
- Yuko Kitagawa
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Affiliation Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Keio University, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: This study was funded in part by Novartis Pharma. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: HS KF YS RN TT NW HK HT TO YK. Performed the experiments: HS KF. Analyzed the data: HS KF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HS KF YS. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: HS KF YS.