About the Authors

Mami Shiwa

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Masayasu Yoneda

masayone17@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Hirofumi Okubo

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Haruya Ohno

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Kazuhiro Kobuke

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yuko Monzen

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Rui Kishimoto

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yusuke Nakatsu

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Tomoichiro Asano

Affiliation Department of Biomedical Chemistry, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Nobuoki Kohno

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Graduate School of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: MY. Performed the experiments: MS. Analyzed the data: MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: H. Okubo. Wrote the paper: MS. Assisted with the experiments: MY H. Okubo KK YM RK YN. Critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content: H. Okubo H. Ohno TA NK.