About the Authors

Qinghua Yuan

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

Takako Furukawa

tfuru@nirs.go.jp

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

Takahiro Tashiro

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan

Kouki Okita

Affiliations Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Kinki University, Higashi Osaka, Japan, Carna Biosciences Inc., Kobe, Japan

Zhao-Hui Jin

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

Winn Aung

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

Aya Sugyo

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

Kotaro Nagatsu

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

Hiroko Endo

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan

Atsushi B. Tsuji

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

Ming-Rong Zhang

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

Takashi Masuko

Affiliation Cell Biology Laboratory, Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Pharmacy, Kinki University, Higashi Osaka, Japan

Masahiro Inoue

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan

Yasuhisa Fujibayashi

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

Tsuneo Saga

Affiliation Molecular Imaging Center, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Chiba, Japan

Competing Interests

KO is an employee of Carna Biosciences Inc. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. The other authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: QY TF KN ABT MRZ TM MI YF TS. Performed the experiments: QY TF TT KO ZHJ WA AS KN HE. Analyzed the data: QY TF TT HE MI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TM MRZ. Wrote the paper: QY TF ZHJ WA TM MI YF TS.