About the Authors
- Xia Jiang
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
- Tatsuo Kanda
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* E-mail: kandat-cib@umin.ac.jp
Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
- Shuang Wu
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
- Shingo Nakamoto
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
- Takaji Wakita
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Affiliation Department of Virology II, National Institute of Infectious Diseases, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiroshi Shirasawa
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Affiliation Department of Molecular Virology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
- Osamu Yokosuka
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Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Nephrology, Chiba University, Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
Competing Interests
Drs. XJ, SW, SN, TW and HS have no conflict of interest to declare. Dr. TK reports receiving lecture fees from Chugai Pharmaceutical, MSD, Tanabe-Mitsubishi, Daiichi-Sankyo, and Bristol-Myers Squibb, and Prof. OY reports receiving grant support from Chugai Pharmaceutical, Bayer, MSD, Daiichi-Sankyo, Tanabe-Mitsubishi, and Bristol-Myers Squibb. These relationships do not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. Dr. TK, a PLOS ONE Editorial Board member, is listed as a co-author of the manuscript. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: XJ TK. Performed the experiments: XJ TK. Analyzed the data: XJ TK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: XJ TK SW SN TW HS OY. Wrote the paper: XJ TK SW SN TW HS OY.