About the Authors

Keishi Yamasaki

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft

kcyama@ph.sojo-u.ac.jp (KY); otagirim@ph.sojo-u.ac.jp (MO)

Affiliations Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan, DDS Research Institute, Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan

Saya Hyodo

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan

Kazuaki Taguchi

Roles Data curation, Investigation

Affiliation Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan

Koji Nishi

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Department of Clinical Pharmacy, Yokohama University of Pharmacy, Yokohama, Japan

Noriyuki Yamaotsu

Roles Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

Shuichi Hirono

Roles Methodology, Resources, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Kitasato University, Tokyo, Japan

Victor Tuan Giam Chuang

Roles Methodology, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation School of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia

Hakaru Seo

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis

Affiliations Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan, DDS Research Institute, Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan

Toru Maruyama

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Kumamoto University, Kumamoto, Japan

Masaki Otagiri

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

kcyama@ph.sojo-u.ac.jp (KY); otagirim@ph.sojo-u.ac.jp (MO)

Affiliations Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan, DDS Research Institute, Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have the following interests. The human serum albumin for this study was a gift from Vaccine maker ’KAKETSUKEN’, also known as the Chemo-Sero-Therapeutic Research Institute. There are no further patents, products in development or marketed products to declare. This does not alter the authors’ adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.