About the Authors

Kunitoshi Shigeyasu

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan, Center for Epigenetics, Cancer Prevention and Cancer Genomics, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Takeshi Nagasaka

takeshin@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp (TN); AjayG@BaylorHealth.edu (AG)

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Yoshiko Mori

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Naosuke Yokomichi

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Takashi Kawai

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Tomokazu Fuji

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Keisuke Kimura

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Yuzo Umeda

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Shunsuke Kagawa

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Ajay Goel

takeshin@cc.okayama-u.ac.jp (TN); AjayG@BaylorHealth.edu (AG)

Affiliation Center for Epigenetics, Cancer Prevention and Cancer Genomics, Baylor Research Institute and Charles A Sammons Cancer Center, Baylor University Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, United States of America

Toshiyoshi Fujiwara

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterological Surgery, Okayama University Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama, Okayama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KS AG TN T. Fujiwara. Performed the experiments: KS YM NY TK T. Fuji KK. Analyzed the data: KS TN AG SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KS TN T. Fujiwara YU. Wrote the paper: KS TN AG T. Fujiwara.