About the Authors

Toshiya Okumura

Contributed equally to this work with: Toshiya Okumura, Kengo Furuichi

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Kengo Furuichi

Contributed equally to this work with: Toshiya Okumura, Kengo Furuichi

kfuruichi@m-kanazawa.jp

Affiliations Department of Disease Control, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, Division of Blood Purification, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Tomomi Higashide

Affiliation Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Mayumi Sakurai

Affiliation Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Shin-ichi Hashimoto

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Yasuyuki Shinozaki

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Akinori Hara

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Yasunori Iwata

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Norihiko Sakai

Affiliations Department of Disease Control, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan, Division of Blood Purification, Kanazawa University Hospital, Kanazawa, Japan

Kazuhisa Sugiyama

Affiliation Departments of Ophthalmology and Visual Science, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Shuichi Kaneko

Affiliation Department of Disease Control, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Takashi Wada

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Department of Laboratory Medicine, Institute of Medical, Pharmaceutical and Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, Kanazawa University, Kanazawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KF TO TW. Performed the experiments: TO TH MS SH YS KS SK. Analyzed the data: KF TW. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TH AH SH YI NS. Wrote the paper: TO KF TW.