About the Authors

Koki Hasegawa

hkoki@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Pathology and Experimental Medicine, Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan, Center for Instrumental Analysis, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, Kyoto, Japan

Shinji Kudoh

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Experimental Medicine, Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan

Takaaki Ito

Affiliation Department of Pathology and Experimental Medicine, Kumamoto University, Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: KH TI. Data curation: KH. Formal analysis: KH. Funding acquisition: KH. Investigation: KH SK. Methodology: KH TI. Project administration: KH TI. Resources: KH TI. Supervision: TI. Validation: KH SK. Visualization: KH TI. Writing – original draft: KH. Writing – review & editing: KH TI.