About the Authors

Sayaka Ichijo

Affiliation Third Department of Internal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

Fumihiko Furuya

ffuruya@yamanashi.ac.jp

Affiliation Third Department of Internal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

Hiroki Shimura

Affiliation Department of Laboratory Medicine, Fukushima Medical University, Fukushima, Japan

Yoshitaka Hayashi

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Division of Molecular and Cellular Adaptation, Research Institute of Environmental Medicine, Nagoya University, Nagoya, Japan

Kazuya Takahashi

Affiliation Third Department of Internal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

Kazuyasu Ohta

Affiliation Third Department of Internal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

Tetsuro Kobayashi

Affiliation Third Department of Internal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

Kenichiro Kitamura

Affiliation Third Department of Internal Medicine, Interdisciplinary Graduate School of Medicine and Engineering, University of Yamanashi, Yamanashi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: FF HS. Performed the experiments: FF SI. Analyzed the data: FF SI YH KT KO TK KK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: FF SI. Contributed to the writing of the manuscript: FF SI.