About the Authors

Issei Saeki

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Takahiro Yamasaki

Roles Investigation, Supervision

t.yama@yamaguchi-u.ac.jp

Affiliation Department of Oncology and Laboratory Medicine, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Masaki Maeda

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Takuro Hisanaga

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan, Department of Medical Education, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Takuya Iwamoto

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Toshihiko Matsumoto

Roles Data curation

Affiliations Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan, Department of Oncology and Laboratory Medicine, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Isao Hidaka

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Tsuyoshi Ishikawa

Roles Data curation

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Taro Takami

Roles Validation, Visualization

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Isao Sakaida

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Yamaguchi University Graduate School of Medicine, Ube, Yamaguchi, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.