About the Authors

Keitaro Omori

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Noboru Hattori

nhattori@hiroshima-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Tadashi Senoo

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Yusuke Takayama

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Takeshi Masuda

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Taku Nakashima

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Hiroshi Iwamoto

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Kazunori Fujitaka

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Hironobu Hamada

Affiliation Department of Physical Analysis and Therapeutic Sciences, Graduate School of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Nobuoki Kohno

Affiliation Department of Molecular and Internal Medicine, Institute of Biomedical & Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: KO NH TS YT TM TN HI KF HH NK. Performed the experiments: KO TS TN. Analyzed the data: KO NH TS YT TM TN NK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: KO TS YT TM. Wrote the paper: KO NH NK.