About the Authors

Takashi Murayama

Contributed equally to this work with: Takashi Murayama, Nagomi Kurebayashi

takashim@juntendo.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113–8421, Japan

Nagomi Kurebayashi

Contributed equally to this work with: Takashi Murayama, Nagomi Kurebayashi

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113–8421, Japan

Toshiko Yamazawa

Affiliation Department of Molecular Physiology, Jikei University School of Medicine, Tokyo 105–8461, Japan

Hideto Oyamada

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo 142–8555, Japan

Junji Suzuki

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Kazunori Kanemaru

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Katsuji Oguchi

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo 142–8555, Japan

Masamitsu Iino

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113–0033, Japan

Takashi Sakurai

Affiliation Department of Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology, Juntendo University Graduate School of Medicine, Tokyo 113–8421, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TM NK TS. Performed the experiments: TM NK TY. Analyzed the data: TM NK TY. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: HO JS KK KO MI. Wrote the paper: TM NK TS.