About the Authors

Tatsuomi Shiga

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Takahiro J. Nakamura

Affiliations School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo, Japan

Chiaki Komine

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Yoshikuni Goto

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Teikyo Heisei University, Tokyo, Japan

Yasushi Mizoguchi

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Midori Yoshida

Affiliation Division of Pathology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Tokyo, Japan

Yasuhiko Kondo

Affiliation School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Teikyo University of Science, Tokyo, Japan

Maiko Kawaguchi

maiko@meiji.ac.jp

Affiliation School of Agriculture, Meiji University, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TJN MY YK MK. Performed the experiments: TS TJN CK YG YM MK. Analyzed the data: TS TJN CK YG YM MK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TJN YG YM MY YK MK. Wrote the paper: TS TJN CK YK MK.