About the Authors

Takanari Nakano

tnakano@saitama-med.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan

Ikuo Inoue

Affiliation Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan

Yasuhiro Takenaka

Affiliation Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan

Hiraku Ono

Affiliation Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan

Shigehiro Katayama

Affiliation Department of Diabetes and Endocrinology, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan

Takuya Awata

Affiliation Department of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism, International University of Health and Welfare Hospital, Nasushiobara-shi, Tochigi, Japan

Takayuki Murakoshi

Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Saitama Medical University, Iruma-gun, Saitama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: TN II TA. Performed the experiments: TN YT HO. Analyzed the data: TN TM SK. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: TN YT SK HO. Wrote the paper: TN YT TM.