About the Authors

Yuka Nagata

Affiliation Division of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Takeshi Yamamoto

ty@inm.u-toyama.ac.jp

Affiliation Division of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Michie Hayashi

Affiliation Division of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Shusaku Hayashi

Affiliation Division of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Makoto Kadowaki

Affiliation Division of Gastrointestinal Pathophysiology, Institute of Natural Medicine, University of Toyama, Toyama, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: TY YN MK. Data curation: YN TY MH. Formal analysis: YN TY SH MK. Funding acquisition: TY MK. Investigation: YN TY MH. Methodology: YN TY MH. Project administration: TY MK. Resources: YN TY MH. Software: YN TY SH MK. Supervision: TY MK. Validation: TY MK. Visualization: YN TY MH. Writing – original draft: YN TY MH. Writing – review & editing: YN TY MH.