About the Authors
- Taku Murakami
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Affiliation Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America
- Melanie Oakes
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Affiliations Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America, Genomics High-Throughput Facility, University of California Irvine, Irvine, California, United States of America
- Mieko Ogura
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Affiliation Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America
- Vivian Tovar
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Affiliation Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America
- Cindy Yamamoto
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Affiliation Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America
- Masato Mitsuhashi
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* E-mail: mitsuhashiconsultant@HCRcenter.com
Affiliations Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America, NanoSomiX, Inc., Irvine, California, United States of America
Competing Interests
The authors have the following interests: This study was funded by Hitachi Chemical Research Center, Inc (HCR). TM, M Oakes, M Ogura, VT and CY are employees of HCR, Inc. and MM is a consultant of HCR. MM is a founder and CTO of NanoSomiX, Inc. M Ogura and/or MM have filed the following patent applications related with this study: PCT/US2013/063114 (SYSTEMS AND METHODS AND DEVICES FOR CAPTURE AND CONCENTRATION OF AGENTS OF INTEREST FROM FLUID SAMPLES), WO2011/156763 (METHODS FOR CHARACTERIZING KIDNEY FUNCTION), WO2011/156763 (Vesicle Capturing Devices and Methods for using Same and) and WO2014/055687 (URINE EXOSOME mRNAs AND METHODS OF USING SAME TO DETECT DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY). This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: TM M. Oakes MM. Performed the experiments: TM M. Oakes MM. Analyzed the data: TM M. Oakes CY MM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM M. Oakes M. Ogura VT CY MM. Wrote the paper: TM M. Oakes CY MM.