About the Authors

Rehana Parvin

Affiliation Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Akiko Saito-Hakoda

Affiliation Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Hiroki Shimada

Affiliation Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Kyoko Shimizu

Affiliation Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Erika Noro

Affiliation Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Yasumasa Iwasaki

Affiliation Health Service Center, Kochi University, Kochi, Kochi, Japan

Ken Fujiwara

Affiliation Division of Histology and Cell Biology, Department of Anatomy, Jichi Medical University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan

Atsushi Yokoyama

Affiliation Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Akira Sugawara

akiras2i@med.tohoku.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Molecular Endocrinology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Miyagi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: ASH YI KF AY AS. Formal analysis: RP ASH. Investigation: RP ASH HS KS EN KF. Writing – original draft: RP. Writing – review & editing: AS.