About the Authors

Koichi Eguchi

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft

Affiliation Innovation and Business Development Headquarters, Daicel Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Daisuke Mikami

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation

Affiliation Lipid Biofunction Section, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Hui Sun

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Lipid Biofunction Section, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Takuya Tsumita

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Department of Vascular Biology and Molecular Pathology, Hokkaido University Graduate School of Dental Medicine, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kaori Takahashi

Roles Investigation

Affiliation Innovation and Business Development Headquarters, Daicel Corporation, Tokyo, Japan

Katsuyuki Mukai

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Innovation and Business Development Headquarters, Daicel Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, Lipid Biofunction Section, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Kohei Yuyama

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

kyuyama@pharm.hokudai.ac.jp

Affiliation Lipid Biofunction Section, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Yasuyuki Igarashi

Roles Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lipid Biofunction Section, Faculty of Advanced Life Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan

Competing Interests

KE, KT, KM are employed by Daicel Corporation. This study was funded by Daicel Corporation. This does not affect the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.