About the Authors

Tomasz Brzoska

Affiliation Department of Medical Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Aki Tanaka-Murakami

Affiliations Department of Medical Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan, Department of Gynecology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Yuko Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Medical Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Hideto Sano

Affiliation Department of Medical Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Naohiro Kanayama

Affiliation Department of Gynecology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Tetsumei Urano

uranot@hama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Medical Physiology, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TB ATM YS TU. Performed the experiments: TB ATM HS. Analyzed the data: TB ATM YS TU. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TB YS HS TU. Wrote the paper: TB ATM YS NK TU.