About the Authors

Satoko Yamaguchi

Affiliation Division of Cancer Stem Cell, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Yoshiko Maida

Affiliation Division of Cancer Stem Cell, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Mami Yasukawa

Affiliation Division of Cancer Stem Cell, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Tomoyasu Kato

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Masayuki Yoshida

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Clinical Laboratories, National Cancer Center Hospital, Tokyo, Japan

Kenkichi Masutomi

kmasutom@ncc.go.jp

Affiliation Division of Cancer Stem Cell, National Cancer Center Research Institute, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SY KM. Performed the experiments: SY YM M. Yasukawa. Analyzed the data: SY YM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK M. Yoshida. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: SY YM KM.