About the Authors

Shiro Fujita

jp.shirofujita@gmail.com

Affiliation Division of Integrated Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650–0047, Japan

Katsuhiro Masago

Affiliation Division of Integrated Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650–0047, Japan

Jumpei Takeshita

Affiliation Division of Integrated Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650–0047, Japan

Chiyuki Okuda

Affiliation Division of Integrated Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650–0047, Japan

Kyoko Otsuka

Affiliation Division of Integrated Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650–0047, Japan

Akito Hata

Affiliation Division of Integrated Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650–0047, Japan

Reiko Kaji

Affiliation Division of Integrated Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650–0047, Japan

Nobuyuki Katakami

Affiliation Division of Integrated Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650–0047, Japan

Yukio Hirata

Affiliation Division of Integrated Oncology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Innovation, Chuo-ku, Kobe, 650–0047, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: SF KM. Performed the experiments: SF KM CO KO. Analyzed the data: SF KM CO KO. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SF KM JT CO KO AH RK NK YH. Wrote the paper: SF KM NK YH.