About the Authors

Takeshi Azuma

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

tazuma-tky@umin.ac.jp

Affiliations Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan, Department of Urology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan

Yujiro Sato

Roles Data curation, Funding acquisition

Affiliation Department of Urology, Tokyo Metropolitan Tama Medical Center, Fuchu, Tokyo, Japan

Tatsukuni Ohno

Roles Methodology, Supervision

Affiliation Oral Health Science Center, Tokyo Dental College, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan

Miyuki Azuma

Roles Conceptualization, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Molecular Immunology, Graduate School of Medical and Dental Sciences, Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan

Haruki Kume

Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Urology, The University of Tokyo Graduate School of Medicine, Hongo, Tokyo, Japan

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.