About the Authors

Yasushi Honda

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Kento Imajo

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Takayuki Kato

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Takaomi Kessoku

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Yuji Ogawa

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Wataru Tomeno

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Shingo Kato

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Hironori Mawatari

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Koji Fujita

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Masato Yoneda

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Satoru Saito

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Atsushi Nakajima

nakajima-tky@umin.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: YH KI HM KF MY SS AN. Performed the experiments: YH KI T. Kato T. Kessoku YO WT SK. Analyzed the data: YH KI. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: YH KI. Wrote the paper: YH KI T. Kato T. Kessoku AN.