About the Authors

Eikan Mishima

Contributed equally to this work with: Eikan Mishima, Daisuke Jinno

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan

Daisuke Jinno

Contributed equally to this work with: Eikan Mishima, Daisuke Jinno

Affiliation Laboratory of Oncology, Pharmacy Practice and Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan

Yasutoshi Akiyama

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Tohoku Medical Megabank Organization, Sendai, Japan

Kunihiko Itoh

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Genetics, School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Shizuoka, Shizuoka, Japan

Shinnosuke Nankumo

Affiliation Laboratory of Oncology, Pharmacy Practice and Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan

Hisato Shima

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Koichi Kikuchi

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Yoichi Takeuchi

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Alaa Elkordy

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Takehiro Suzuki

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Kuniyasu Niizuma

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Sadayoshi Ito

Affiliation Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Yoshihisa Tomioka

Affiliation Laboratory of Oncology, Pharmacy Practice and Sciences, Tohoku University Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sendai, Japan

Takaaki Abe

takaabe@med.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliations Division of Nephrology, Endocrinology, and Vascular Medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, Department of Medical Science, Tohoku University Graduate School of Biomedical Engineering, Sendai, Japan, Department of Clinical Biology and Hormonal Regulation, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: EM TA. Performed the experiments: EM DJ SN AE. Analyzed the data: EM YA HS KK Y. Takeuchi TS KN SI Y. Tomioka. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KI DJ SN Y. Tomioka. Wrote the paper: EM TA.