About the Authors
- Sohei Arase
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* E-mail: sohei-arase@yakult.co.jp
Affiliation Yakult Central Institute, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Yohei Watanabe
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiromi Setoyama
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Noriko Nagaoka
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Mitsuhisa Kawai
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Satoshi Matsumoto
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Affiliation Yakult Central Institute, Kunitachi-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
All authors are paid employees of Yakult Central Institute. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: SA MK SM. Performed the experiments: SA HS NN SM. Analyzed the data: SA SM. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SA YW HS NN MK. Wrote the paper: SA SM.