About the Authors

Yoshie Kametani

y-kametn@is.icc.u-tokai.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan, Institute of Advanced Biosciences, Tokai University, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa, Japan

Ikumi Katano

Affiliation Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Asuka Miyamoto

Affiliations Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan, Department of Breast and Endocrine surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Yusuke Kikuchi

Affiliation Department of Molecular Life Science, Division of Basic Medical Science, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Ryoji Ito

Affiliation Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Yukari Muguruma

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Banri Tsuda

Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Sonoko Habu

Affiliation Department of Immunology, Juntendo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka Tokuda

Affiliation Department of Breast and Endocrine surgery, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Kiyoshi Ando

Affiliation Department of Hematology and Oncology, Tokai University School of Medicine, Isehara, Kanagawa, Japan

Mamoru Ito

Affiliation Central Institute for Experimental Animals, Kawasaki, Kanagawa, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization: Y. Kametani KA MI. Formal analysis: Y. Kametani IK. Funding acquisition: Y. Kametani MI. Investigation: Y. Kametani IK AM, Y. Kikuchi RI YM BT. Methodology: Y. Kametani IK RI KA. Project administration: Y. Kametani KA MI. Resources: BT YT. Supervision: KA SH MI. Validation: Y. Kametani KA MI. Visualization: Y. Kametani AM RI. Writing – original draft: Y. Kametani.