About the Authors
- Masaya Tsuboi
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Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Manabu Watanabe
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Affiliation Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazumi Nibe
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Affiliation Japan Animal Referral Medical Center, Kanagawa, Japan
- Natsuko Yoshimi
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Affiliation D&C Veterinary Clinic, Ibaraki, Japan
- Akihisa Kato
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Affiliation D&C Veterinary Clinic, Ibaraki, Japan
- Masahiro Sakaguchi
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Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Microbiology I, School of Veterinary Medicine, Azabu University, Kanagawa, Japan
- Osamu Yamato
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Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
- Miyuu Tanaka
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Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
- Mitsuru Kuwamura
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Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Life and Environmental Sciences, Osaka Prefecture University, Osaka, Japan
- Kazuya Kushida
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Affiliation Laboratory of Clinical Pathology, Joint Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Kagoshima University, Kagoshima, Japan
- Takashi Ishikura
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Affiliation Thermo Fisher Scientific, Life Technologies Japan Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- Tomoyuki Harada
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Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- James Kenn Chambers
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Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Sumio Sugano
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Affiliation Laboratory of Functional Genomics, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Kazuyuki Uchida
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* E-mail: auchidak@mail.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp
Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
- Hiroyuki Nakayama
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Affiliation Laboratory of Veterinary Pathology, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
Although one of the authors (TI) is employed by a commercial company, (Thermo Fisher Scientific, Life Technologies Japan Ltd.), he has no competing interests concerning this work. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: M. Tsuboi MW KU. Funding acquisition: M. Tsuboi. Investigation: M. Tsuboi MW TH. Project administration: KU. Resources: KN NY AK MS OY M. Tanaka MK. Software: TI. Supervision: SS HN. Validation: MS OY KK. Writing – original draft: M. Tsuboi. Writing – review & editing: MW KU JKC HN.