About the Authors

Hajime Takase

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Software, Validation, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, Molecular Medical Bioscience Laboratory, Department of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama, Japan

Yuji Kurihara

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Validation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Molecular Medical Bioscience Laboratory, Department of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama, Japan

Taka-akira Yokoyama

Roles Data curation, Methodology, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan, Molecular Medical Bioscience Laboratory, Department of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama, Japan

Nobutaka Kawahara

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Validation, Writing – review & editing

kohtaro@yokohama-cu.ac.jp (KT); nkawa@yokohama-cu.ac.jp (NK)

Affiliation Department of Neurosurgery, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medicine, Yokohama, Japan

Kohtaro Takei

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

kohtaro@yokohama-cu.ac.jp (KT); nkawa@yokohama-cu.ac.jp (NK)

Affiliation Molecular Medical Bioscience Laboratory, Department of Medical Life Science, Yokohama City University Graduate School of Medical Life Science, Yokohama, Japan

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: This work was financially and technically supported by Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Japan. I received funding from a commercial source: “Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation, Japan”. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.