About the Authors
- Naoto Tatewaki
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Affiliation Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Tetsuya Konishi
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Affiliation Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Yuki Nakajima
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Affiliation Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Miyako Nishida
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Affiliation Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Masafumi Saito
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Affiliation Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Takahiro Eitsuka
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Affiliation Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Toshiyuki Sakamaki
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Affiliation Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
- Nobuo Ikekawa
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Affiliation Niigata Bio Research Center, Niigata, Japan
- Hiroshi Nishida
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* E-mail: wm7h-nsd@asahi-net.or.jp
Affiliation Department of Applied Life Sciences, Niigata University of Pharmacy and Applied Life Sciences, Niigata, Japan
Competing Interests
Squalene was provided by Nissei Marine Industrial Co., Ltd. This company had no role in the interpretation, writing, or publication of this work. There are no patents, products in development. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: NT TK HN. Performed the experiments: NT YN HN. Analyzed the data: NT MN MS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TK TE TS NI HN. Wrote the paper: NT TK TS HN.