About the Authors
- Akiko Uemura
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Contributed equally to this work with: Akiko Uemura, Ryou Tanaka
* E-mail: anco@vet.ne.jp (AU); ryo@vet.ne.jp (RT)
Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Animal Medical Center, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Mary Nakata
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Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Animal Medical Center, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Seijirow Goya
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Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Animal Medical Center, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
- Toshiharu Fukayama
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Affiliation National Cerebral and Cardiovascular Center, Suita, Osaka, Japan
- Ryou Tanaka
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Contributed equally to this work with: Akiko Uemura, Ryou Tanaka
* E-mail: anco@vet.ne.jp (AU); ryo@vet.ne.jp (RT)
Affiliation Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology Animal Medical Center, Fuchu-shi, Tokyo, Japan
Competing Interests
This study was carried out as a collaborative development project contracted by the Japan Science and Technology Agency as recommissioned research for a membrane utilizing surface water induction technology to prevent pleural adhesions. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization: AU RT. Data curation: AU MN SG TF RT. Formal analysis: AU FT RT. Funding acquisition: RT. Investigation: AU MN SG TF RT. Methodology: AU RT. Project administration: AU RT. Software: AU RT. Supervision: AU RT. Validation: AU FT RT. Writing – original draft: AU. Writing – review & editing: AU.