About the Authors

Masayoshi Takeuchi

takeuchi@kanazawa-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Advanced Medicine, Medical Research Institute, Kanazawa Medical University, Uchinada-machi, Ishikawa, Japan

Jun-ichi Takino

Affiliation Laboratory of Biochemistry, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hiroshima International University, Kure, Hiroshima, Japan

Satomi Furuno

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiological Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Hikari Shirai

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiological Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Mihoko Kawakami

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiological Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Michiru Muramatsu

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiological Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Yuka Kobayashi

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiological Science, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Science, Hokuriku University, Kanazawa, Ishikawa, Japan

Sho-ichi Yamagishi

Affiliation Department of Pathophysiology and Therapeutics of Diabetic Vascular Complications, Kurume University School of Medicine, Kurume, Fukuoka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors declare that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MT SY. Performed the experiments: MT JT SF HS MK MM YK. Analyzed the data: MT JT. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: MT JT. Wrote the paper: MT.