About the Authors

Hiroshi Okada

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Nephrology and Immunology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, 355-5 Haruobi-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8026, Japan

Goji Hasegawa

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Nephrology and Immunology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, 355-5 Haruobi-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8026, Japan

Muhei Tanaka

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan

Takafumi Osaka

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Nephrology and Immunology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, 355-5 Haruobi-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8026, Japan

Yayoi Shiotsu

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Nephrology and Immunology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, 355-5 Haruobi-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8026, Japan

Hiromichi Narumiya

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Nephrology and Immunology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, 355-5 Haruobi-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8026, Japan

Mamoru Inoue

Affiliation Department of Metabolism, Nephrology and Immunology, Japanese Red Cross Kyoto Daini Hospital, 355-5 Haruobi-cho, Kamigyo-ku, Kyoto, 602-8026, Japan

Koji Nakano

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyoto Yamashiro General Medical Center, Kyoto, Japan

Naoto Nakamura

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan

Michiaki Fukui

sayarinapm@hotmail.com

Affiliation Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine, Graduate School of Medical Science, Kyoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: HO MT GH NN MF. Performed the experiments: HO GH TO YS HN MI KN. Analyzed the data: HO MT MF. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HO GH TO YS HN MI KN. Wrote the paper: HO MT NN MF.