About the Authors

Chihiro Yamasaki

Roles Data curation, Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – original draft

Affiliation PhoenixBio Co., Ltd., Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Yuji Ishida

Roles Conceptualization, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft

Affiliations PhoenixBio Co., Ltd., Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, Research Center for Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Ami Yanagi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation PhoenixBio Co., Ltd., Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Yasumi Yoshizane

Roles Investigation

Affiliation PhoenixBio Co., Ltd., Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Yuha Kojima

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation PhoenixBio Co., Ltd., Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Yuko Ogawa

Roles Formal analysis

Affiliation PhoenixBio Co., Ltd., Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Yutaka Kageyama

Roles Investigation

Affiliation PhoenixBio Co., Ltd., Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Yumiko Iwasaki

Roles Investigation

Affiliation PhoenixBio Co., Ltd., Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Seiichi Ishida

Roles Investigation

Current address: Faculty of Biotechnology and Life Science, Sojo University, Kumamoto, Japan

Affiliation Department of Pharmacology, National Institute of Health Sciences, Kanagawa, Japan

Kazuaki Chayama

Roles Resources

Affiliation Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Applied Life Sciences, Institute of Biomedical and Health Sciences, Hiroshima University, Higashihiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan

Chise Tateno

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

chise.mukaidani@phoenixbio.co.jp

Affiliations PhoenixBio Co., Ltd., Higashi-Hiroshima, Hiroshima, Japan, Research Center for Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Hiroshima University, Hiroshima, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors of this manuscript have read the journal's policy and have the following competing interests: CY, YI, AY, YY, YK, YO, YK, YI, CT are paid employees of PhoenixBio Co., Ltd. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials. PXB-mice and PXB-cells are products of PhoenixBio Co., Ltd.