About the Authors

Kazuko Sakai

Affiliation Department of Genome Biology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Junji Tsurutani

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Takeharu Yamanaka

Affiliation Department of Biostatistics, Yokohama City University, Yokohama, Kanagawa, Japan

Azusa Yoneshige

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Akihiko Ito

Affiliation Department of Pathology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Yosuke Togashi

Affiliation Department of Genome Biology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Marco A. De Velasco

Affiliation Department of Genome Biology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Masato Terashima

Affiliation Department of Genome Biology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Yoshihiko Fujita

Affiliation Department of Genome Biology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Shuta Tomida

Affiliation Department of Genome Biology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Takao Tamura

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Kazuhiko Nakagawa

Affiliation Department of Medical Oncology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Kazuto Nishio

knishio@med.kindai.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Genome Biology, Kinki University Faculty of Medicine, Osaka-Sayama, Osaka, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: JT KNi Performed the experiments: KS MT YF. Analyzed the data: KS TY TT ST. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TY AY AI YT MADV. Wrote the paper: KS KNa KNi